John Trapp on Job 7:5

Verſe 5. My fleſh is cloathed with worms.] Here Job ſheweth how and whence his nights were ſo weariſome and reſtleſſe: he was in his grave-clothes before he died (ſaith one) viz. Mr. Caryl. a gowne of wormes ſet or embroidered with clods of duſt. Covered he was with ſores, and putrified ulcers full of wormes, which made him an abhorring to himſelfe.

And clods of duſt] A fit dreſſe for a dying man. The word ſignifieth, the filings of any metall, or the ſcrapings of an unclean thing. He meaneth then the ſcurfe, ſcraped off from him, or the duſt contracted by his ſitting upon the ground, chap. 2.8.

My skin is broken] Or, cleft and chapt (as the earth is in drought) in moſt loathſome and formidable manner.

And become loathſome] Or melted, as in that diſtemper which Phyſicians call corruptionem totius ſubſtantiae: or as in the leproſie or gangrene, when the fleſh falleth off from the bones. Hinc igitur diſce patientiam in morbis, ſaith Lavater. Hence then learne to be patient under the moſt noyſome and troubleſome diſeaſes. What ſit, not lye, nor live, nor die: was not this holy Jobs condition, and worſe? Remember that there are not a few ſick as heart can hold; ſore all over, and want neceſſary food and phyſick which thou doſt not: conſider that God could, and juſtly might lay more and heavier plagues upon thee, &c. When Dr. Munſter was ſick, and ſome friends came to viſit him, being very ſorry for the paines he was put to lay the ulcers of his body; O my deare friends, ſaid he, theſe biles and blaines gemmae ſun[illegible: 1 letter] & pr[illegible: 1 letter]tioſa ornamenta Dei, are Gods gemmes and Jewels wherewith he adorneth his friends, that hee may draw them to himſelf, which ornaments let us eſteem far more precious then all the gold and wealth of this whole world; ſoon after which ſpeech,Job. Manl. loc. com. 127. Melch. Adam. he piouſly and peaceably fell aſleep in the Lord. graſerus alſo when he ſaw his body begin to ſwell with a dropſie, and other diſtempers, Euge Deo ſit laus & gloria, ſaid he, Oh bleſſed be God, that my deliverance is at hand, & hor[illegible: 1 letter]la gratiſſima, and that ſweet hour that ſhall put an end to all my miſeries.