John Trapp on Job 27:4

Verſe 4 My lips ſhall not ſpeak wickedneſs] Which I ſhould do, ſhould I, contrary to that which the Spirit of God witneſſeth to my conſcience, through a fained humility confeſſe, that I have been wicked. Let Gods dejected ſervant take heed, left by the temptation of Satan, and the miſgivings of their own evil hearts of unbelief, they be drawn to bely the work of Gods ſpirit in them, and to hold themſelves utterly void of grace, becauſe not indued with ſuch and ſuch meaſures of grace. Learn to diſtinguiſh between imbecility and nullity: ſhew your ſelves faithful in weakneſſe, though but weak in faith. There is an allowance to gold, with which it may paſſe: neither is it to be caſt aſide, becauſe it wanteth ſome graines, and hath a crack. Nec vinum rejicimus e[illegible: 1 letter]ſi facem habeat, ſaith Spin[illegible: 1 letter]us. Spin. de inſtit: Chriſt. God ſeeth nothing amiſſe in that man whoſe heart is upright. 2 Chron. 15.17. He layes the finger of mercy on the ſears of his peoples ſins, as that Limner in the Story. He will not cruſh, but cheriſh that worm Jacob.

Nor my tongue utter deceit] No, for that were to ſpeak wickedneſſe, yea; to ſpeak your ſelf wicked. For the remnant of Iſratl, ſhall not (by betraying the truth) do iniquity, nor ſpeak lies: neither ſhall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; Zeph. 3.13. For he ſaid, Surely they are my people, children that will not lye ſo he was their Saviour, Iſai. 63.8.