John Trapp on Job 15:18

Verſe 18. Which wiſe men have told from their fathers,] Who have carefully and faithfully tranſmitued it as a doctrinal truth to us their poſterity, from hand to hand. For in Jobs time 'tis likely that the Scriptures were not yet written. Which, or, Which things wiſe men] who did in their generations, Deum rectè cognoſcere & c[illegible: 1 letter]l[illegible: 1 letter]r[illegible: 1 letter], rightly know and worſhip God, which is the higheſt wiſdome, ſaith Lactanti[illegible: 2 letters]. Have told] Have ſpoken it ſo plainly and plentifully, as if they had ſhewed us the things acted before our eyes. From their Fathers] Who were careful to inſtil good inſtructions and heavenly truths into the minds of their children, their familiars and families, as did Abraham, Gen. 18. and others according to Gods own appointment, Deut. 6.

And have not hid it] But communicated it for the good of many. Light in diffuſive of it ſelf. Knowledg is perfected while it is communicated. The more you teach and impart to others,Bodin. theat. Nat. p. 9. eo ditior ac doctior fias, ſaith One, the richer and skilfuller you become. It is not powring out. but want of pouring out that dryeth up the ſtreames of grace, as of that Oyle, 2 King. 4.6. See Prov. 11.24, 25. Pſal. 78.2, 3, 4.