John Trapp on Job 21:24

Verſe 24. His Breſts are full of milk, and his Bones, &c.] He is well lined within, as we ſay, having abundance of good blood, and freſh ſpirits in his body: fat and plump, and well liking. He is encloſed in his own fat, Pſal. 17.10. His back is well larded, and his bones are moiſtened with marrow; which Plato ſaith, Plat. in Tim[illegible: 2 letters]. is not only the ſourſe and ſeminary of generation, but the very ſeat of life. Now ſuch a ſtate of body as is here deſcribed, is no defence at all againſt death, ſaith Job: Nay, it is a preſage, and a forerunner of it many times. For ultimus ſanitatis gradus eſt morbo proximus, ſay Phyſicians; the higheſt degree of health is neareſt to ſickneſs: We many times chop into the earth before we are aware; like a man walking in a field covered with Snow, who falleth into a pit ſuddenly.