John Trapp on Job 10:13

Verſe 13. And thoſe things haſt thou hid in thine heart] Legendum hoc cum ſtomach[illegible: 1 letter], ſaith Mercer: And haſt thou indeed hid theſe things in thine heart? What things meaneth Job? his afflictions, which God was long before preparing for him, and now took his time to lay load upon him, to be revenged on him at unawares, and at greateſt advantage. If this be the fenſe of Jobs words (as ſome would conclude from the next verſes) he was mightily miſtaken; and this was atrox querimonia, a grievous complaint, and unworthy of God, who lieth not at the catch, nor pretendeth fair, when he intendeth otherwiſe. A Cain may do ſo to Abel, Eſau to Jacob, Abſolom to Amn[illegible: 1 letter]n, Joab to Amaſa &c. The Creator needs not daub or prevaricate thus with his creatures: if Job thought he did with him, Job was utterly out, though for confirmation he adde, I know that this is with thee; I am ſure that thou haſt dealt thus cloſely and covertly with me, and that thy plagues have ſurprized me. O theſe ſtill revenges! Merlin and others underſtand by thoſe thing hid in Gods heart, and which he was well aſſured could not have befallen him without Gods will and decree, the mercies which in the former verſes Job had recounted and reckoned up, viz. his conception, quickening, preſervation; all which he looked upon as love-tokens coming out of the heart of God, and from the ſpring of ſpecial love. Here then we ſee whence we may fetch comfort when moſt hardly beſtead: namely, from thoſe effects whereby God ſealed up his love to us in forming us in the womb; but eſpecially in his Covenant of Grace, that bee-hive of heavenly honey, whereby he hath ingaged to be our God even from the womb to the tomb; yea, to all perpetuity. Hereunto Job had reſpect, and ſo had David, Pſalm 22.10, 11. and Pſalm 25.10.