John Trapp on Job 9:28
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Job9:28
Verſe 28. I am afraid of all my ſorrows] That come thronging thick about me, and terrifie me; they will ſurely be doubled and trebled upon me; hence my ſorrow is uncurable; if I ſhould reſolve never ſo much againſt it, I ſhould break my reſolution, and fall to freſh complaints, Pſalm 39.1, 3. Hîc vides, ſaith Lavater. Here we may ſee how little is to be aſcribed to mans free-will in the things of God, ſith it is not in our power to comfort and chear up our ſelves under afflictions, though we would never ſo fain.
I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent] But wilt hold me guilty, and accordingly puniſh me. This was the language of Johs fear: had his faith been in heart, it would have quelled and killed ſuch diſtruſtful fears, and have gathered one contrary out of another, life out of death, aſſurance of deliverance out of deepeſt diſtreſſes, Deut. 32.36. So 2 Kings 14.26. going into captivity was a ſigne of Iſraels returning out of captivity.
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