John Trapp on Job 18:11

Verſe 11. Terrors ſhall make him afraid on every ſide.] Theſe terrors are, as it were, the cruel Sergeants and mercileſſe Officers of that King of terrors,Apparitores & lictores. Jun. verſe 14 arreſting him as it were in the Devils name, and bringing him to juſtice. How can it be but a terrible time with him; when death comes with a Writ of Habeas Corpus, and the Devil with a Writ of Habeas animam? when the cold earth muſt have his body, and hot hell hold his ſoul, according to that of the Pſalmiſt, Let death ſeiz[illegible: 1 letter] upon them, and let them go down quick into hell; for wickedneſſe is in their dwellings, and among them, Pſal. 55.17. The ſad forethought hereof cauſeth many unutterable griefs and gripings, perplexities of ſpirit, and convulſions of ſoul, a very hell above ground, and a foretaſte of eternal torments. The word here rendred terror, ſignifieth utmoſt affrightments, ſuch as put a man well nigh out of his wits and diſtract him. R. Solomon underſtandeth it of devils; others of furies, ſuch as the Poets fain. Moſt certain it is,Cic. Orat. pro Roſc. Amer. that a body is not ſo tormented with ſtings, or torn with ſtripes, as a mind with remembrance of wicked actions, and fear of future evils.

And ſhall drive him to his feet.] As they did Cain that Caitiff, Qui factus eſt à corde ſ[illegible: 2 letters] fugitivus, Tertul. who would fain have fled from his own conſcience (if he could have known whither) and became a Fugitive and a Vagabond upon the earth, Gen. 4.12. ſeeking to outrun his terrors, which yet dogged him hard at the heels. They ſhal preſſe him at his feet, ſo Broughton readeth this Text.