John Trapp on Job 19:24

Verſe 24. That they were graven with an iron pen, &c.] That my words were not only Soriptaſed ſculota, written, but graven in a Rock as the Lawes of divers Nations were cut in Braſſe or Marble; and as Monuments and Epitaphs are graven on Tombs for remembrance of thoſe that are dead.

And Lead] Plumbo per ſulces infuſo, ſaith Junius, the curs of the Letters in Marble being filled with Lead, that they might be the more legible and durable.

In the Rock] In Marble cut out of the Rock. Golden words they are indeed that here follow,Clarks Lives. and well worthy to be written in Lotten of God. In the Life of Ziſcn (that Warlike Babe[illegible: 2 letters]ian,) it is recorded, that in the famous Monaſtery called, the Kings Court, a mile from Pragus, in the walls there of the whole Bible was moſt exquiſitely engraven in Lette[illegible: 1 letter]s of Gold.

For ever] To laſt longer then the would laſteth. Thoſe bloody Tyrants of the Primitive times made account they had made ſure work in rooting out true Religion, when they ſounded the triumph before hand, and engraved the victory upon Pillars of Marble in theſe bubbles of words; Nomine Chriſtianorum delo[illegible: 1 letter]o qui R[illegible: 2 letters]s. ov[illegible: 1 letter]rebant, &c But Chriſt ſhall reigne, and the Church ſhall ſtand upon his right hand as a Queen in gold of Ophir, Pſal. 45 9 When all earthly greatneſſe ſhall lye in the duſt, Thy throne O God, is for ever and ever. Pſal. 45.6. and there ſhall be a new ſucceſſion of Saints to all perpetuity, Pſal. 72, 17. His name ſhall endure for ever: His name ſhall be continued (Heb. childed) as long as the Son, as long as the world, as long as the Word of our, God, which according to Jobs wiſh here, ſhall ſtand for ever, Iſai, 40.8. But what meaneth the Vulgar tranſlation here by this inſignificant word Celte? And why ſhould Hugo feek to ſalve the matter,Celte vox eſt nihili. Merc. by reiling us, that Celtes is a Tool wherewith Letters or Pictures are cut in the flint Whereupon Vide quaeſo, mi Lector, ſaith Brentius, See, I pray thee, good Reader, how only they interpres Scripture that want Learning; for neither is Celte ſuch a Tool, nor can it be Celte for centa, ſith the Hebrew word L[illegible: 1 letter]guad doth not ſignifie Surely. but For ever.