Wesley Corpus

Chapter XXVII Job protests his integrity, ver. 1 - 6. And his dread of hypocrisy, ver. 7 - 10. Shews the miserable end of the wicked, notwithstanding their long prosperity, ver. 11 - 23. Parable - His grave and weighty discourse. Who - Though he knows my integrity, yet doth not plead my cause against my friends. Reproach - With betraying my own cause and innocency. Let - I am so far from practicing wickedness, that I abhor the thoughts of it, and if I would wish to be revenged of my enemy, I could wish him no greater mischief than to be a wicked man. Though - Though they prosper in the world. God, as the judge takes it away, to be tried, and determined to its everlasting state. And what will his hope be then It will be vanity and a lie; it will stand him in no stead. Delight - When he has nothing else to delight in No: his delight is in the things of the world, which now sink under him. And those who do not delight in God, will not always, will not long, call upon him. Have seen - I speak what is confirmed by your own, as well as others experiences. Vain - To condemn me for a wicked man, because I am afflicted. Remain - Who survive that sword and famine. Widows - For they had many wives. Weep - Because they also, as well as other persons, groaned under their tyranny, and rejoice in their deliverance from it. As clay - In great abundance. A moth - Which settleth itself in a garment, but is quickly and unexpectedly dispossessed of its dwelling, and crushed to death. A booth - Which the keeper of a garden or vineyard suddenly rears up in fruit - time, and as quickly pulls down again. Lie down - In death. Not gathered - Instead of that honourable interment with his fathers, his carcase shall lie like dung upon the earth. One openeth his eyes - That is, while a man can open his eyes, in the twinkling of an eye. He is as if he had never been, dead and gone, and his family and name extinct with him. Terrors - From the sense of approaching death or judgment.