John Trapp on Job 15:30

Verſe 30. he ſhall not depart out of darkneſſe] But be held under remedileſſe miſery, being ever blaſted and benighted, till God at laſt breathe forth upon him his final diſpleaſure. When God hath brought wicked men into ſtraits, there he holdeth them; not ſo the godly, Pſal. 34.19. they are ſure of deliverance in due ſeaſon. And as before the morning light, is the thickeſt darkneſſe; ſo before help, hardeſt trials. Poſt tenebras lux, Hom. 16. is the Chriſtians motto; not ſo the ungodly; they are ex tenebris in tenebras, infeliciter excluſi, infelicius excludendi, as Auſtin hath it, to paſſe out of one darkneſſe into another, till they be caſt into utter darknes.

The flame ſhall dry up his branches] That Ventus urens & exi[illegible: 1 letter]cans of Gods wrath ſhal blaſt and conſume, not his Off-ſpring only, but all his beauty and bravery: hee ſhall be as a tree that is thunder-ſtruck. Zack. 11.16.

and by the breath of his mouth ſhall he go away] God will blow him to deſtruction his very breath ſhall leave him breathleſſe, Iſai. 11.4. Pſal. 18.15. Job 4.9. See the Note there. Others underſtand it of the wicked mans mouth, and make this to be the ſenſe, He ſhall be ſo cholerick and impatient in his trouble, that he ſhall ſend out his laſt breath ſuddenly in a paſſionate fit. So did Nerva the Emperor, likewiſe Valentinian, Wenceſlaus King of Bohemia, and our Henry the ſecond.