John Trapp on Job 21:1

CHAP. XXI. Verſe 1. But Job anſwered and ſaid.]

Diſproving and refuting that Propoſition of theirs concerning the infelicity of the ungodly by Reaſon, by Experience, and by Divine Authority: All which evince and evidence, that neither is proſperity a proof of mens innocence, nor adverſity a mark of their wickedneſſe, as Zophar and his fellowes would have it. And that they might not any more interrupt him, nor think him too rough, he uſeth a gentle Preface, craving attention, and preſſing them thereunto by many Arguments in the ſix firſt verſes.