John Trapp on Job 37:1

CHAP. XXXVII. Verſe 1. At this alſo my heart trembleth]

AT this? At what? at the thunder, whereof he had ſpoken before,Beza. Diodat. and more meant to ſpeak: and which he heard at that inſtant, (as it may ſeem by the next verſe) and therefore no wonder that his heart trembled, and was moved out of its place by an extraordinary palpitation, or (as the Tigurines have it) luxation. Thunder is ſo terrible, that it hath forced from the greateſt Atheiſt an acknowledgement of a Deity. Suetonius telleth us of Caligula, (that Monſter, who dared his Jove to a Duel) that if it thundred and lightned but a little, he would hood-wink himſelf: but if much, he would creep under a bed, and be ready to run into a mouſe-hole, as we ſay. Auguſtus Caeſar also was ſo afraid of thunder and lightning, that alwayes and every where, he carried about him the skin of a Sex-Calf, (which thoſe Heathens fondly held to be a preſervative in ſuch caſes) and if at any time there aroſe a great ſtorm, he ran into a dark vault. The Romans held it unlawful to keep Court Jove ton[illegible: 1 letter]nte, fulgurante, in a time of thunder and lightening, as Tully telleth us.De Divin. lib. 2. And Iſidore deriveth tonitru à terrendo, thunder from its terrour; and others, form its tone, or ruſhing craſhing noiſe, affrighting all creatures: At the voice of thy thunder they are afraid, Pſal. 104. which One, not unfitly, calleth Davids Phyſicks.