John Trapp on Job 24:17

Verſe 17 For the morning is unto them as the ſhadow of death] i.e. They are in deadly fear leſt the light ſhould bewray them, and expoſe them to condigne puniſhment. How fearful was Judah of being ſhamed, after he had thus ſinned, Gen. 38.23? And how forward to ſave his credit by ſending his Kid by the hand of that hang by Hiram? Ter. in Eun. That young man in Terence, was ſore aſhamed to be ſeen in the Eunuchs garment, a token of his Uncleanneſſe; whereas to have done the deed did nothing ſo much trouble him. But the children of light hate and ſhun ſin more for the filth that is in it, then for the fire that is in it: the blackneſſe of that coal offendeth them more then the heat of it. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Plato condemneth the Poets for ſetting forth Jupiters Adulteries, whereby the people were drawn to the like wantonneſſe; and for ſaying, it were no matter though men did commit ſin, ſo they could hide it. Si non caſtè, ſaltem cautè, ſay the Popiſh Shavelings, who are ſometimes taken in the manner, as was that carnal Cardinal Cremonenſis, Acts & Mon. fol. 1065. Ibid. 1905. Barns Funccius Luth. Coloq. the Popes Legat here, in Hen. 8. dayes, and Dr. W[illegible: 1 letter]ſton Dean of Windſor in the Raign of Queen Mary, apprehended in Adultery, and for the ſame deprived of all his Spiritual Livings by Cardinal Pool. Pope John the twelfth, being taken a bed with another mans wife, was killed immediately by her husband. In Germany a Gentleman of note and his Harlot, were ſerved in like ſort, as Luther relateth. So was Re[illegible: 3 letters]ldus the Eighth, King of Lombardy; and Sergui a King of Scotland. Of all theſe,P.Mel. Chron. Lang. Chron. and many more eſuſdem furfuris, it may well be ſaid, as here, that being noted and notified, they were in the terrors of the ſhadow of death. Which death to eſcape.