John Trapp on Job 25:6
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Job25:6
Verſe 6. How much leſſe man that is a worm] He ſaith not, as a worm, but a worm it ſelf. So Pſal. 22. I am a worm and no man; nullificumen hominis. as Tertullian ſomewhere phraſeth it.Vermis parvus in carnc out caſeo naſcent, Exod. 16.24. David in the Arabick ſignifieth a worm (ſaith One) to which he may ſeem in that Pſalm to allude. The word here rendred a worm, ſignifieth a ſmall worm bred in cheeſe or fleſh, a Mite, a Maggot. Others ſay, it ſignifieth rottenneſſe, which hath no ſtrength. Hereby man convinced of his infirmity, vanity and impurity ſhould learne Virium ſuarum [non-Latin text not transcribed] agnoſcere, to give glory to God, and to take ſhame to himſelf.
And the Son of man which is a worm] Lumbricus, quo vix quidquam contemptius nominari poteſt; So vile and abject a creature is man: The greater is Gods mercy to look upon ſuch a walking dunghil: Learn hereby to know God and thy ſelf, which is the higheſt point of heavenly wiſdom.
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