John Trapp on Job 3:8

Verſe 8.Non tam cute, quàm corde, Ae hiopici. Let them curſe it, that curſe the day] As thoſe atri & tetri Atlantes (before ſpoken of) curſe the riſing-Sun for ſcorching them; as deſpairing perſons, and malefactors led to execution, uſe to curſe the time that ever they were born. The help of all ſuch Job here calleth in againſt the harmleſſe night he banneth, with ſo much bitterneſſe. Rob. Bolton his Aſſize Serm. 227. Like as that deſperate wretch mentioned by Mr. Bolton, who being upon his death-bed, albeit he ſwore as faſt and as furiouſly as he could; yet deſired he the ſtanders by to help him with oathes, and to ſwear for him. Tremellius here thinks, that Job calls to the ſtarres and winds to help him curſe. See his tranſlation of the Text, and his Notes thereon.

Who are ready to raiſe up their mourning] Whether they be thoſe mercenary mourners mentioned elſewhere,Jer. 9.17, 18, 20. which, for hire, are wont at Funerals with dolefull execrations to lament the day of their Benefactors death; crying out, Oh the day! alas for the day! 2 Chro. 35.25. Amos 5.16. oh that ever ſuch a day came! See Ezek. 30.2. Or elſe thoſe that really mourn for their deceaſed friends; and yearly, as oft as the day returneth, they renew their mourning. Theſe are called upon by Job totos ſacco[illegible: 1 letter]deplere, to pour out their utmoſt lamentations and execrations upon this his night. Concerning the word Leviathan, here rendred mourning, whether it be taken for the Sea-Dragon, or the Divel, and what it is to raiſe him up, and why they curſed him that are ready to do ſo, with a prepared and meditated active readineſſe, if I ſhould go about to ſhew the Reader,Lcc. Com. 478. with the ſeverall opinions of Interpreters, I ſhould not onely tire him out, but alſo danger doing as that Vicar of Ausborough did, mentioned by Iohannes Manlius: This Doctor of Divinity (for ſo he was) having read at Tubinga certain Lectures upon Job, at the end of his laſt Lecture ſaid, that both Iob and himſelf were very glad to be rid of one another: For as he underſtood little or nothing of Iobs meaning, ſo Iob ſeemed to him to be more tormented with his enarrations, then ever he had been with all his own ulcers. Let them that have a mind, conſult the Commentators here.