John Trapp on Hosea 13:11

Verſe 11. I gave thee a king in mine anger,] As once before he gave them Quails to choak them. A king, that is, all thoſe kings they had ſince they fell off from the houſe of David. Theſe were Gods gifts, but giftleſſe-gifts, which hee caſt upon them in his anger, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. for a puniſhment both of the ſinnes of Davids ho uſe, and likewiſe of the peoples rebellion. It was ab irato potius quam ab exorato Deo. Take him, (ſaith He, ſith you will needs have him) with all that ſhall follow after. The hypocrite ſhall raigne, that the people may enſnared, Job 34.30. Set thou a wicked man over him, (ſaith the Pſalmiſt) and let Satan ſtand at his right hand, Pſal. 109.6. See Dan. 8.23 Saul was an hypocrite, Jeroboam a wicked man, ſo were all his ſucceſſours in that Throne. Levit. 26.17. it is written as an heavy curſe of God; If you ſtill treſpaſſe againſt me, I will ſet Princes over you that ſhall hate you, miſchievous, odious princes: odious to God, malignant to the people.

and took him away in my wrath.] Heb. In mine immoderate wrath, that paſſed the bounds. This is ſpoken of God after the manner of men; for he cannot exceed or over-do: fury is not in him, Eſay 27.4. but here he threateneth to take away king and kingdome together: as he did Hoſea, by the Aſſyrian that carried them all captive. Obſerve here, that better a bad Magiſtrate then none, for this latter is the fruit of Gods utter indignation. Thoſe Anabaptiſts that from this Text inferred, that no Chriſtian can with a good conſcience take upon him kingly dignity, ſhould have obſerved, that as an evil king is reckoned as a plague to a people, ſo a good king is to be held a ſpeciall bleſſing to them.