John Trapp on Job 20:21
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Job20:21
Verſe 21. There ſhall none of his meat be left.] Zophar ſtill purſueth the Allegory of the belly; and in all, ſtriketh at poor Job, who had ſcarce a bit of bread to eat, but yet was not without the hidden Manna, the feaſt of a good conſcience, which made him ſay with Luther, Mendecato pant hic vivamus, &c. Let us take up with courſe fare here, ſith we have better within, and better yet we ſhall have in heaven: in our Fathers houſe is bread enough, &c.
Therefore no man ſhall look for his goods.] Heb. His goods, or goodneſſe, It was well ſaid, That he that firſt called riches, Bona, Goods, was a better husband then Divine: But it may be thought that the moſt are ſuch husbands. The common cry is, Who will ſhew us any good? The Lord anſwereth, Exod. 33.19. I will make all my good paſſe before thee, and I will proclaim the Name of the Lord before thee. The Prophet anſwereth, Mic. 6.8. He hath ſhewed thee, O man, what is good. viz. to do juſtly: and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.Neveſſen. But moſt men are of his mind who ſaid. He that will not venture his body, will never be valiant, and he that will not venture his ſoul, will never be rich. But what ſaith the Prophet? He that getteth riches, and not by right, ſhall dye a poor fool, Jer. 17.11. And what ſaith Zophar here? He ſhall dye a plain beggar, and leave no eſtate worth the looking after, or ſuing for: this falleth not out alwayes, but [non-Latin text not transcribed] many times it doth, as is eaſily to be obſerved.
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