John Trapp on Job 9:25

Verſe 25. Now my dayes are ſwifter then a p[illegible: 1 letter]ſt &c.] Not my proſperous dayes only (as Broughton gloſſeth) but the whole courſe of my life; the vanity whereof Job expreſſeth by many ſimilitudes; and here ſearch is made into three of the four Elements, earth, water, and ayr, to find out a fit one. What is ſwifter upon earth then a poſt, who rides without ſtop o[illegible: 1 letter] ſtay, and ſpares for no horſe-fleſh: indeed he taketh ſome time to reſt in; but ſo doth not mans liſe; it is ever in motion, and every moment we yeild ſomewhat to death. Animantis cujuſque vita eſt f[illegible: 2 letters]a. ſaith the Philoſopher, our laſt day ſtands, the reſt run. Cum creſcit vita, decreſcit, to live is but to lie a dying.Sen.

They flee away] As David fled from the face of Abſolom, Pſalm 3.1. as Brentius was adviſed by that Senator of Hala to flee for his life citò, citiùs, citiſſimè, with all poſſible ſpeed, ſith they were at hand that ſought it. See 1 Sam. 19.11, 18.

They ſee no good] But are few, and withall evil, Gen. 47.9. Job 14.1. See the notes there. Some good dayes Job had had, but they were ſo ſoon over (and his preſent preſſures ſo great) that he was ſcarce aware of them, nor could take the comfort of them now: the Epicures indeed held that a man might be cheerful amidſt the moſt exquiſite torments ex praeteritarum voluptatum recordatione, Cic. de Fin. l. 2. Sen. de benef. l. 4. c. 22. by the remembrance of thoſe pleaſures and delights that formerly he had enjoyed. Job held this but a ſlight comfort: his care was in proſperity how to make the beſt uſe of it: his thoughts ran upon the uncertainty of all creature-comforts, that he might hang looſe to them, and hold them no otherwiſe then a child doth a bird in his hand, open &c.