John Trapp on Job 26:4

Verſe 4. To whom haſt thou uttered words?] And as thou thinkeſt, words weighty, and worthy of all acceptation, when in truth there is no ſuch matter: Bubbles of words they are, and big ſwolne fancies, ſed cui bono? What tack is there in them? and to what good purpoſe are they? Melancthon makes mention of a certain good man,Manl. loc. com. 536. who reading Ariſtotles Diſcourſe concerning the Rainbow, conceited thereupon many ſtrange ſpeculations, and wrote to a friend that he had far outdone Ariſtotle in that matter. But coming afterwards to the Univerſity, and diſputing there upon that Subject, he was found to be utterly out in thoſe fancies of his, which indeed were no better then a ſublime dotage.

And whoſe ſpirit came from thee?] Or, Came out of thee? Was it by Gods Spirit that thou ſpakeſt, or thine owne rather? For there is a ſpirit in man, but the Inſpiration or the Almighty giveth them underſtanding, Job 32.8. Job would not have Bildad think and term his diſcourſes to be divine Inſpirations, or ſuch admirable pieces,Scult. Ann. pag. 238 rare ſayings, being but vulgar and ordinary buſineſſes. Muncer the arch Anabaptiſt wrote a Book againſt Luther, wherein he boaſteth much of the Spirit, and of Prophetical Light, accuſing Luther for unſpiritual, and one that ſavoured nothing but carnal things. The Antinomians uſe to call upon their hearers to mark; it may be they ſhall hear that which they have not heard before, whenas the thing they deliver after ſo promiſing a preface, is either falſe, or what is taught ordinarily by others. Some read the words thus, Whoſe Spirit admired thee? for the ſpirit goeth as it were out of it ſelf after thoſe things it admireth. The Hebrewes expound it thus, Whoſe Spirit haſt thou quickned, or confirmed by theſe thy words? Who is the wiſer or the better for them? Quam animam per hac feciſti? What ſoul haſt thou gained to God by thy Doctrine? Confer Gen. 12.5 the ſouls which they had made, that is, brought to the true fear and ſervice of God.