John Trapp on Job 42:9

Verſe 9. So Eliphaz the Temanite, &c.] Here was reſipiſcentia ex fide conſtans ſaith Brentius, the repentance of faith, the obedience alſo of ſaith readily y[illegible: 1 letter]ilded. Had not theſe been good and godly men, they would have ſtuck at the coſt of ſo great a Sacrifice, they would alſo have ſcorned to have ſought to Job, whom they had ſo much ſlighted, and to beg his prayers of whom they had ſo ill deſerved. But hey had not ſo learned Chriſt. God they ſaw well was greatly offended, and Job highly accepted; glad therefore were they by any good means to ingratiate, each of them ſaying to God for himſelf, as he did onceto C[illegible: 1 letter]ſar, Juſſa ſequi tam velle mihi quam poſſe neceſſe eſt. Omne trahit ſecum Numinis ira malum.Lucan. Ovid.

The Lord alſo accepted Job] Whether he teſtifieth his good acceptance by conſuming his Sacrifice with fire from heaven, is uncertain. 'Tis enough for us to know that he ſhewed himſelf reconciled unto them, and well pleaſed with Jobs prayer for them, and their own prayers joyned no doubt with his, and proceeding from faith in the Merits and Mediation of Jeſus Chriſt. And hitherto Gods de[illegible: 1 letter]iſive ſentence, whereby all the ſtrife was graciouſly ended, and all parties happily and heartily reconciled. What became of Satan a chief Actor in this Tragedy, we read not; Victus enim abiit. And as God would not once call him to account, when he had beguiled our firſt parents, Gen. 3. becauſe he meant him no mercy: ſo here he never mentioneth him, as being judged already, and by Job bravely worſted and defeated. All that we find of him is, that his commiſſion to vex Job any farther, was now taken away, for ſo it followeth