John Trapp on Job 7:8
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Job7:8
Verſe 8. Th[illegible: 1 letter] eye of him that hath ſeen me, ſhall ſee me no more] In death we ſhall neither ſee, nor be ſeen, but be ſoon both out of ſight and out of mind too. It is ſtoried of Richard the third, that he cauſed the dead corps of his two ſmothered Nephews to be cloſed in lead, and ſo put in a coffin full of holes, and hooked at the ends with two hookes of iron, and ſo to be caſt into a place called the Black-deeps,Speed 935. at the Thames mouth, whereby they ſhould never riſe up, nor be any more ſeen. Such a place is the grave till the laſt day: for then the ſea ſhall give up the dead which are in it, and death ad he grave ſhall render up the dead that are in them, Rev. 20.13. then ſhall Adam ſee all his nephews at once &c.
Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not] Thou even lookeſt me to death; like as elſewhere God is ſaid to frown men to destruction, Pſalm 80.16. and Pſalm 104.29. they are not able to endure his flaming eyes, ſparkling out wrath againſt them. What mad men therefore are they that ſpeak and act againſt Him who can ſo eaſily do them to death? If God but ſet his eyes upon them for evil (as he oft threatneth to do, Amos 9.4. Job 16.9.) they are undone.
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