John Trapp on Job 3:16

Verſe 16. Or as an hidden and untimely birth I had nor been] As an abortive or miſcarrying Embry[illegible: 1 letter] that falleth from the mother, as untimely fruit falleth off from the tree. See R[illegible: 1 letter]v 6.3. Hidden. it is called, becauſe caſt a de[illegible: 1 letter] as an unſightly ſpectacle, that cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkneſſes, and his name is covered with darkneſſe, Eccleſ. 6.4. J[illegible: 2 letters] could have wiſ[illegible: 1 letter] e[illegible: 2 letters]ome way or other never to have been, rather then to have been in ſo calamitous a[illegible: 1 letter] condition: and herein he linned,Job. 3.6. no doubt, for that [illegible: 1 word] as of the fleſh is fleſh.

As infants w[illegible: 1 letter] ch[illegible: 1 letter]rever [illegible: 1 letter]aw the [illegible: 1 letter]ight] but were ſtill-born, as we call them. The word rendred infants, is taken from a word that ſignifieth to [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 1 letter]ee Job 16.15. for children in the womb are compaſſed about with pollution; and the firſt ſhee[illegible: 1 letter] or blanket wherewith they are covered, is woven of ſinne, ſhame, blood, and filth, Ezek. 16.4.6.