John Trapp on Habakkuk 1:3

Verſe 3. Why doſt thou ſhew me iniquity? &c.] Theſe were Hazai[illegible: 1 letter]s to Habakkuks eyes, he could not ſee them with dry eyes, he could not but vex his righteous ſoul from day to day, as Lot did at Sodom, with their unlawfull deeds, 2 Pet. 2.8. privately committed, (as here in their common commerce) and publikely, as in the next words, in Courts and Conſiſtories: for all was out of order.

and cauſe me to behold grievance] Moleſtation and miſchief done to thoſe that would live peaceably in the land (Confer Pſal. 7.14, 16. and 94.20. and 55.11.) to the poor that are fallen into their nets, debts, bonds, and morgages, Pſal. 10.9. It is as if the Prophet ſhould ſay; Why doſt thou not puniſh theſe enormous practiſes, but ſuffer evil-doers to abuſe thy long-ſufferance, to thy diſhonour? Averroes the Philoſopher, drew an argument from Gods patience to deny his providence. But what ſaith Auſtine? Some wicked, God puniſheth here,In Pſal. 30. leſt his providence; and but ſome, leſt his patience, and promiſe of judgement ſhould be called in queſtion.

for ſpo[illegible: 1 letter]ling and violence are before me] E regione m[illegible: 1 letter]i vaſtatio & violentia, ſo that I cannot look beſides them, I cannot but complain of them. Elias, and Jeremy were more paſſionate, 1 King. 19.4, 10, 14. Jer. 15.10. and 20.14.

and there are that raiſe up ſtrife and contention] Theſe are Satans ſeeds-men, and kindle-coals. He is an unquiet ſpirit, and ſtrives to make others ſo; loves to fiſh in troubled waters, doth all he can to ſet one man againſt another,Greg. that hee may prey upon both: as the Maſter of the pit ſuppeth upon the bodies of thoſe cocks whom he hath ſet to kill one another. Be not make-bates, ſeeds-men of ſedition.