John Trapp on Job 4:10

Verſe 10. The roaring of the Lion &c.] Leſt any ſhould think, ſaith an Interpreter, that the blaſt of God above-mentioned carryeth away only ſtrawes and feathers,Mr. Cary[illegible: 1 letter]. light and weak perſons into perdition, Eliphaz addeth the weightieſt and the ſtrongeſt, The roaring of a Lion &c. q. d. God by his blaſt can take away or break the ſtrongeſt, the mightieſt lion-like men &c. Under the ſhadow of which alluſions he cloſely ſtrikes at Job. who was once a great man, a fierce ſpoiling Lion in the apprehenſion of his friends, and yet God brought him down. Of tyrants and Oppreſſors compared to Lions, and why, ſee Nahum 2.11, 12. with the Note: and Prov. 28.15. with the note. The proverb is, The Lion is not ſo fierce, as he is painted. But no words can ſufficiently ſet forth the ſavage immanity and cruelty of abſurd and wicked men. See that of Nebuchadnezzar graphically deſcribed, Jer. 51.34. He hath devoured mee, he hath cruſhed me, hee hath made me an empty veſſel, hee hath ſwallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath caſt me out.

The teeth of the young Lions are broken] Or, pulled out, that they may no more devoure the fleſh, and drink the blood of Gods poore afflicted, that fell into their ſtr[illegible: 1 letter]ng-ones. Thus David had prayed, Pſal. 58.6. and this he had proved, Pſal. 3.7. Thou haſt ſmitten all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone: thou haſt broken the teeth of the ungodly. God with his hard and heavy hand had ſo boxed and buffeted them; that they ſpat forth ſome of their teeth; and for the reſt, they might go ſeek them in their throat; as Dares that bold champion in Virgil, (whom when he had been ſoundly beaten by old Entellus) his fellows led away.

Jactantemque utroque caput, craſſumque cru[illegible: 2 letters]em Ore rejectante[illegible: 1 letter]m, ſt[illegible: 1 letter]ſque in ſanguine dentes.

A juſt hand of God upon ſuch as exerciſing regiment without righteouſneſſe, ravin and rend, as Lions greedy of their prey, plucking off the skins of their poor ſubjects, and pulling out their teeth;M[illegible: 1 letter]c. 3.2. as Melancthon telleth of one Tyrant, who to get great ſummes of money out of his people, uſed to ſend for them: and if they refuſed to anſwer his demands, he would firſt knock out one of their teeth, and then another, threatning to leave them toothleſſe.