John Trapp on Job 42:17
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Job42:17
Verſe 17 So Job died, being old and full of dayes] How long he lived, we know not. The Rabbins ſay, above two hundred years, which was longer then either Abraham or Iſaac lived: of both whom it is likewiſe ſaid, that they were ſaturi dierum, ſated with this earthly life, and deſirous of life eternal. To thoſe old men that would yet live longer, we may ſay, Cur non [illegible: 1 letter]t ſatur vitae conviva recedis?Lucret. It is enough, Lord, ſaid Elias; I deſire to be diſſolved, ſaid Paul: Go forth, my ſoul, go forth to God, ſaid Hilarion: What make I here, ſaid Monica. Job is now as willing to dye as ever he was to dine: he is ſatisfied with dayes, ſaith the text, not as a meat loathed, but as a diſh, though well liked, that he had fed his full of.
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