John Trapp on Job 27:6

Verſe 6.Mordicùs ten[illegible: 1 letter]b[illegible: 1 letter] My righteouſneſſe I hold faſt] As with tooth and nail, yea, though it be to the loſſe of my teeth, as it befel that valiant Sir Thou as Challoner, who ſerved,Cambd. Eliz. 66 when he was young, under Charles 5, in the Expedition of Algier, where being ſhipwrack't, after he had ſwum till his ſtrength and his armes failed him at the length catching hold of a Cable with his teeth, he eſcaped, not without the loſs of ſome of his teeth.

And will not let it go] ſcil. Upon your perſwaſions or ſuſpitions, ſo long as the bird in my boſom continueth ſinging.

My heart ſhall not reproach me ſo long as I live] His heart muſt needs reproach him who habitually doth evil, what good ſhew ſoever he doth make before men; and though he hide his wickedneſſe with no leſſe ſubtle ſleights, then once Rachel did the Idols, Rahab the Spies. Conſcience is Gods Spye, and mans Overſeer. It is In[illegible: 3 letters], Judex, Vindex: neither is a body ſo torn with ſtripes, as a mind with remembrance of evil actions. This Job knew, and would therefore keep his conſcience cleare. This was alſo Saint Pauls greateſt, both care, Acts 24.16. and comfort, 2 Cor. 1.12.