John Trapp on Job 3:22

Verſe 22. Which rejoyce exceedingly] Joy till they skip again, ſo Broughton rendreth it. Strange, that any ſhould be ſo glad of death that laſt enemy, that ſlaughter-man of nature, and harbinger of hell to the ungodly! but this the divel hideth from them, till he hath them where he would have, and whence there is no redemption. What was it elſe that moved Augustus at his death to call for a Pl[illegible: 1 letter]udite; or that made Julian the Apoſtate to die ſo confidently; and many now-adayes that have little reaſon for it to be ſo prodigall of their lives, and ſeemingly fond of death? Is it not becauſe they are fearfully blinded by the god of this preſent world, who holdeth his black hand before their eyes,2. Cor. 4.4. left they ſhould ſee the evill conſequents of death, and be ſaved? which becauſe they do not, what do they elſe but rejoyce exceedingly (or with exultation, as the word here ſignifieth) in their wofull bondage, and goe dancing to hell in their bolts, not ſo much as deſiring deliverance. A man that is to be hanged next day, may dream overnight he ſhall be ſet free; nay, that he ſhall bee a King, and rejoyce therein accordingly: but the end of ſuch joy is heavineſſe.