John Trapp on Job 32:5
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Job32:5
Verſe 5. When Elihu ſaw that there was no anſwer] And therefore Job looked upon himſelf, as one that had won the day. St. Auſtin profeſſeth this was it that heartened him, and made him to triumph in his former Manichiſme, that he met with feeble opponents, and ſuch as his nimble wit was eaſily able to over-turn. And when Caroloſtadius oppoſed Luthers Conſubſtantiation but weakly and inſufficiently, Zuinglius ſaid he was ſorry, that ſo good a cauſe, non ſatis humerorum haberet, wanted ſhoulders.
Then his wrath was kindled] viz. From their coldneſs; like as Nehem. 3.20. Baruc repaired earneſtly, (ſe accendit, he burſt out into heat, angry with his own, and others ſloth:) So Elihu here, when he ſaw that Jobs eloquence triumphed over their wiſdom; and that their ſilence was a loud acknowledgement of their defeat, he grew more angry than before; and tranſported with zeal, he ſaith [illegible: 1 letter]o them very briskly;
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