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John Trapp on Job 8:2

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Job8:2

Verſ. 2. How long wilt thou speak theſe things?] Quonſque effaberis iſta? q. d. Tremel. Haſt thou nothing better then this to utter? Be ſilent for ſhame, or forbear at leaſt to vent thy ſpleen againſt God, of whoſe proceedings with ſhee thou haſt heavily complained: thy words have been ſtout againſt the Lord, and thou haſt taken too much liberty of language in this tempeſt of talk.

And how long ſhall the words of thy mouth be like a ſtrong wind?]Mercer. Big and boiſterous, rude and [illegible: 1 letter]robuſtuous, as if thou wouldſt Dominum impetere, evertere, & dejicere blow down God and his proceedings at a breath. The Tigurine tranſlation is, Quanaiu verba oris [illegible: 1 letter]ui ſo[illegible: 1 letter]abu[illegible: 1 letter]t pertinacia[illegible: 1 letter]? How long ſhall the words of thy mouth ſound out thine obſtinacy? If evil thoughts be majoris reatus, of greater guilt, as the Schools ſpeak; yet evil words and works are majoris infamia, of greater ſcandal, and do more corrupt others. This Bildad was ſenſible of, and conceiving that Job complained of God as dealing hardly with him, and unjuſtly afflicting him: he addeth,

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