John Trapp on Job 1:12

Verſe 12. And the Lord ſaid unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power.] Here God in appearance condeſcendeth to the divels deſires. But we muſt know, that Gods end in this large grant, was not to gratifie the divel, but to glorifie himſelf, by making Satan an inſtrument of his own ſhame and infamie, when by all that he could do, Job would not be drawn to think or ſpeak amiſſe of God; though Satan left him his wife (who was within his commiſſion) to tempt him to it: and afterwards left him his tongue untouched (when all his body beſides was ſmitten with fore boiles) as hoping haply, he would have curſed God therewith.

Only upon himſelf put not forth thy hand] Meddle not with his outward or inward man. He would fain have been doing with both, and had done it now, but for this mercifull reſtriction; which to the divel was (no doubt) a very great vexation. But how could he help it, otherwiſe then as horſes digeſt their choler, by biting on the bridle? The will of the Lord muſt ſtand: and Job, though he ſhall have his backburden of croſſes of all kinds, yet they ſhall not be laid upon him all at once, but piece-meal,Acts and Mon. fol. 1579. and at ſeveral times. Fidelis eſt Deus, ſaith the Apoſtle (and Father Latimer died in the flames with thoſe ſweet words in his mouth) God is faithfull, who will not ſuffer us to be tempted above that we are able &c. but will ſurely proportion the burden to the back, and the ſtroke to the ſtrength of them that ſhall beare it. See his gracious dealings with the Apoſtles, at their firſt ſetting forth into the world: and how by degrees he inured them to bear the Croſſe of Chriſt, Acts 2. & 4. & 5. & 12.

So Satan went forth from the preſence of the Lord] As thinking every houre two, till he had ſped his commiſſion: the divel deſcended like lightning upon the earth, to ſearch occaſions to ruine Job, and to triumph over his patience, to touch all that he had, and to touch him to the very quick. This diligence of the divel in evil-doing, how happy were it, ſaith Mr. Beza, if we could imitate in doing well? But behold, whileſt Chriſts enemies watch, and in the night ſet themſelves in readineſſe to take him, his chief diſciples do not only ſnort and ſleep, but cannot ſo much as be awaked in the garden.