John Trapp on Job 19:9

Verſe 9.Gen. 37.23 He hath ſtript me of my glory] This is the ſecond compariſon, ab externo corporis cultu & habitu, ſaith Merlin. From the outward habiliments and habits of the body. Our King Richard the 2d, when he was to be depoſed, was brought forth gorgeouſly attired in his Robes royal, with a crown upon his head, a Scepter in his hand, &c but ſoon after deſpoiled of all, and unkinged, So it fared with poor Job, ſtripped and bereft of all that he formerly gloried in, and was reſpected for, as a man robbed hath all his cloathes taken off, and is leſt naked. In him it appeated that mortality was but the ſtage of mutability, as one ſaith of our H[illegible: 2 letters]y 6. who of a moſt potent Monarch,Daniels Hiſt. was, when depoſed, not the Maſter of a Molehil, nor owner of his own liberty.

And hath taken the Crown from off my head] Hence ſome infer, that Job was a King, the ſame with Jobab, King of Edom, mentioned Gen, 36.34. But this is uncertaine, ſith Crown is often in Scripture taken allegorically, for Riches, Authority, Dignity, and other Ornaments. Theſe were taken from Job, yea, from off his head, See Lam. 5.16. But he had a better Crown, quae nec eripi, nec ſurripi potuit, which could not be taken away; viz. that crown of twelve Stars, or celeſtial graces, Rev. 12.1. together with that Crown of glory (the fruit of the former) that is incorruptible and fadeth not away, 1 Pet, 1.4. Happy Job in ſuch a Crown; and that he was in the number of thoſe few heads deſtined to ſuch a Diadem. David had (whatever Job had) a Crown of pure gold ſet upon his head, Pſal. 21. this was a great mercy to ſo mean a man, ſith beyond a Crown the wiſhes of mortal men extend not. But David bleſſeth God for a better Crown, Pſal. 103.4. Who crowneth thee with loving kindneſſe and tender mercies. And how was this ſet on his head? Who for giveth all thy iniquities, &c. verſe 3. Neither can any take away this Crown, becauſe We are kept (Gr. [non-Latin text not transcribed] guarded or garriſon'd as in a Tower of braſſe, or Town of War, that is well fenced with walls and works and ſo its made impregnable) by the power of God through faith unto ſalvation, 1 Pet. 1.4.