John Trapp on Job 42:12

Verſe 12. So the Lord bleſſed the latter end of Job] According to Bildads Prophecy, chap. 8.7. And S. James his uſeful obſervation, Chap. 5.11. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have ſeen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. If he afflict any of his, it is in very faithfulneſſe, that he may be true to their ſouls, it is alſo in great mercy,Deut. 8.16. that he may do them good in the latter end; and this they themſelves alſo ſhall both ſee and ſay, by that time he hath brought both ends together, Pſal. 119.71. Be ye therefore patient, ſtabliſh your hearts, James 5.7. Patient Job had all doubled to him. Joſeph of a Slave became his Maſters Maſter. Valentinian loſt his Tribuneſhip for Chriſt, but was afterwards made Emperor. Queen Elizabeth of a priſoner, became a great Princeſſe. But if God deny his ſuffering ſervants Temporals, and give them in Spirituals, they have no Cauſe to complaine: One way or other they ſhall be ſure to have it. Great is the gain of Godlineſſe.

For he had fourteen thouſand ſheep, &c] Cattle only are inſtanced;Pecuma à pec[illegible: 1 letter] de. [non-Latin text not transcribed] pecudes. & poſteà opes ſignificant. Melancth. Dios becauſe therein eſpecially conſiſted the wealth of that Countrey; but other good things alſo doubtleſſe were doubled unto him, as his family, poſſeſſions, grounds, houſes, and eſpecially Wiſdom to make a good uſe of all: for commonly Stultitiam patiuntur opes; and what's more contemptible then a rich fool, a golden beaſt, as Caligula called his father in Law Syllanus.