John Trapp on Job 6:9

Verſe 9. That [illegible: 1 letter]t would pleaſe God to deſtroy me.] That is, to diſpatch me out of this world, and fend me to a be[illegible: 1 letter]ter. A diſſolution would be far more acceptable to Job, then that reſtitution which Eliph[illegible: 1 letter]z ſeemed to promiſe him, chap. 5.24. Its as if Job ſhould ſay; Take you the world amongſt you, ſith you like it ſo well, I have move then enough of it: I am neither fond of life, nor afraid of death, but the cleane contrary: I had rather die then dine, and crave no greater favour then to have more weight laid upon me that I may die out of hand. Feri Domine, feri [illegible: 1 letter]nam à peceatis [illegible: 1 span] Luther once ſaid, ſtrike Lord, ſtrike deepe, for thou haſt pardoned my ſins, and wilt ſave my ſoule.

That he would let looſe his hand] That now ſeemeth tied, or hound behind him, Manus ligata vide[illegible: 1 letter]u[illegible: 1 letter] quando parcit, ſaith Vatablus. God had chained up Satan, and ſtrictly charged him not to take away Jobs life: but this is it that Job would fain have done. Mortality he would account no ſmall mercy: he deſired nothing more then to be diſſolved, and to be with Chriſt, he might do it becauſe he knew that his Redeemer lived &c. So might Simeon, becauſe he had ſeen Gods ſalvation: and ſo might Paul who had fought a good fight, and kept the faith. But how could Plato ſay in the eighth of his lawes, The communion of the ſoule with the body is not better then the diſſolution, as I would ſay, if I were to ſpeak in earneſt? [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Plato. His maſter Socrates, when to die, was nothing ſo confident: for he ſhut up his laſt ſpeech with theſe words, as both Plato himſelf, and Cicero tell us, Temp[illegible: 2 letters] eſt jam hinc abire[illegible: 1 letter] It is now high time for us to go hence; for me to die, and for you to live longer: and whether of theſe two is the better, the gods immortall know; hominem quidem arbir[illegible: 1 letter]or ſciro neminem, it is above the knowledge, I believe, of any man living. Thus he: but Job was better perſwaded; otherwiſe he would have been better adviſed then thus earneſtly to have deſired death.

And cut me off.] Avidè me abſumat quaſi ex morte mea ingens lucrum reportatur[illegible: 2 letters]. Let him greedily cut the [illegible: 1 word] (ſo the word ſignifieth) even as if he were to have ſome great gain,Pi[illegible: 1 letter]eda. or get ſome rich booty by my blood.