John Trapp on Job 33:17

Verſe 17. That he may withdraw man from his purpoſe] Or, rather, practiſe; Heb. Work, that is, evil work, called a mans own work, Heb 4.10. for when we do evil, we work de noſtro, & ſecundum hominem, 1 Cor. 3.3. as when the Devil ſpeaketh a lye, he ſpeaketh of his own, Joh. 8.44. Now from ſuch bad work God taketh men off, by dreams ſometimes, as he did Abimelech, Gen. 20.3. and Laban, Gen. 31.24. but more frequently by corrections of inſtruction, which are the way of life, Prov. 6.23. Chriſtianorum Theologia, as Luther calleth it, Virtutum officina, as [illegible: 1 word]; Bonorum omnium theſ[illegible: 2 letters]rus, as Bre[illegible: 2 letters]ius upon this text.

And hide pride from [illegible: 1 word] ] Which elſe, as a Maſter-pock, will break out in his forehead, and teſtifie to his face. By Pride we may underſtand all other ſins, which God both covereth and [illegible: 1 word] in his penitent people: but pride i[illegible: 1 letter] fitly inſtanced, becauſe it was one of the firſt ſins, and is ſtill the root and ſource of all other ſins. God therefore humbleth all his under his mighty hand, and preſerveth them from the perilous pinacle of ſelf exaltation: as he dealt with Paul, both when he met him on the way to Damaſcus, and unhorſt him; as alſo when by that thorn in the fleſh, he let out the impoſthumated matter of pride out of his heart, which might elſe have broken forth into odious and lothſome practices.