John Trapp on Job 9:1

CHAP. IX. Verſe 1. Then Job anſwered and ſaid]

HE anſwered to his two friends who had formerly ſpoken: firſt, to that of Eliphaz, chap. 4.17. and next to that of Bildad, chap. 8.3. Bildad had interrupted him when he would have excuſed himſelf, that he did by no means deny the juſtice of God, as they miſtook him. Now therefore, that Bildad had ſpoke his utmoſt, Job beginneth to diſpute and to declare his judgment concerning that ſubject: and this he doth longè magnificentiùs & auguſtiùs quàm ſocii, ſaith Mercer, far more magnificently and majeſtically then his two friends had done; proving that God is juſt, even then when he afflicteth the innocent: neither have ſuch any juſt cauſe to except againſt his proceedings in that behalf, ſith he fetcheth not the cauſes of his decrees and purpoſes from the things which he governeth; but his will, which is before all things, is the rule of all juſtice. St. Paul alſo had reſpect unto this, Rom. 9.20. & 11.32. riſing a great deal higher, namely, to the eternal decree of Election and Reprobation: after this, Job ſetteth forth what is the condition of men, and what poor things they are in compariſon of God, thereby to bring himſelf and others to the true knowledg of God, and of themſelves, which is the higheſt wiſedome in the world.