John Trapp on Job 15:5

Verſe 5. For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity.] Heb. Thy crooked, wry diſpoſition that ſtandeth acroſſe to God and goodneſſe, Pſal. 51.5. Homo eſt inverſus decalogus. Solomon ſpeaketh of perverſe lips, as if the upper lip ſtood where the neather ſhould, Prov. 4.24. And Saint Jude ſpeaketh of hard ſpeeches, uttered by ungodly ſinners, Jude 15. ſuch as Job was none, whatever Eliphaz by miſ-interpreting, made of him, wreſting his words to a wrong ſenſe, as Pſal. 56.5. and by a ſpiritual unmannerlineſſe, making the worſt of that he ſpake; there being not any thing that may not be taken with the left hand. Now if this befel Job from his friends and thoſe godly perſons, what wonder though the like, and worſe be done to us by wicked enemies.

Qui ià quod boni eſt excer punt, dicunt quod mali eſt.Terent. Phorm Nibil eſt quin malè narrando poſſit depravarier.

And thou chuſeſt the tongue of the crafty] Then the which, nothing is a greater enemy to piety, ſaith an Interpreter. Politicians formallize and enervate the power of truth, till at length they leave us a heartleſſe and ſapleſſe Religion, ſaith another. Such an one Eliphaz makes Job to be: q.d. Thou waſt wont to ſpeak prayer, but now thou ſpeakeſt Policy, yea, Thou chuſeſt to do it, thou loveſt evil more then good, and lying rather then to ſpeak right. Pſal. 523. Thou haſt as many turnings and windings in thy mind, as the Serpent hath in his body (ſo the Hebrew word ſeemeth to ſignifie, Gen. 3.1.) Thus he heightneth his charge, and layeth on yet more load.