John Trapp on Job 4:14

Verſe 14. Fear came on me, and trembling] Feare in the inward man, and trembling in the outward. And this is Gods method ſtill; the more he draweth nigh to any man, the more doth rottenneſſe enter into his bones, and he is horribly afraid of Gods judgments, with David; he trembleth at his word with Joſiah, that it may be the more efficacious in his ſoul. Let us have grace (ſaith the Apoſtle) whereby we may ſerve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. For even our God alſo (and not the God of the Jewes only) is a conſuming fire, Heb. 12.28, 29. [non-Latin text not transcribed], ſaith Baſil: Our King will be ſerved like himſelf, ſerved in ſtate: and although he alloweth us an humble familiarity, yet he expecteth our reverentiall fear; acquainted he will be with us in our walks of obedience; but yet he takes ſtate upon him in his ordinances, and will be trembled at in the addreſſes we make unto his Majeſty; he looks we ſhould bring with us a legall faith, and a legall repentance, as well as an Evangelicall; and that wee ſhould work out our ſalvation with feare and trembling, Philip. 2.12. Terrours and humiliations prepare and poſture the heart for revelations; never is it right, till a man lie low at Gods feet, putting his mouth in the duſt, and crying out,Iſa. 28. Speak Lord, for thy ſervant heareth: there ſhall be only fear to make them understand the hearing: fear met Eliphaz, and made way for the heavenly viſion.

Which made all my bones to ſhake] Heb. the multitude of my bones, or the number of my bones, how many ſoever they be, and they are as many (ſay the Hebrewes) as there are affirmative precepts in the Law. Theſe pillars of my body ſhook ſore, and threatned a downfall.

—Geliduſque per ima cucurrit Oſſa tremor.—Aeneid. 2