John Trapp on Job 2:1

CHAP. II. Verſe 1. Again there was a day]

WHether the next day, or the next Sabbath day, or the next firſt day of the year, (which is Gods day of general Audit, as the Rabbines will have it) we have not to ſay. God, as he hath in his eternal counſell fore-appointed every thing that is done; ſo he hath ſet the times wherein, Eccleſ. 3.1. ſuch as the creature can neither alter, nor order. This is a comfortable conſideration.

When the Sons of God &c.] See chap. 1.6.

And Satan came alſo among them] Whether ſummoned to give an account, or of his own accord to ſue out a new Commiſſion againſt Job, it skilleth not. Reſtleſſe he is; and it behooveth us to be vigilant: not ignorant of his wiles, nor unmindful of his inveterate envy and enmity.