John Trapp on Job 13:10

Verſe 10. He will ſurely reprove you] That's all the thank you are like to have from God; your work in pleading for him ſo ſtoutly, though it be materially good, yet it will never prove ſo formally and eventually, becauſe you ſo confidently determine of things you underſtand not, but only by a light conjecture. You do ſecretly, that is, cunningly and deceitfully accept perſons, that is, Gods own perſon, whilſt ye wrong me for his ſake, and under a pretence of doing him right, condemn me for a wicked hypocrite, whom till thus afflicted, you ever counted honeſt and upright. This the righteous Judg, who loveth judgment, and hateth robbery for a burnt-offering, Iſai. 61.8. will at no hand endure. No, but he will certainly reprove you▪ argu[illegible: 1 letter]ndo arguet, he will ſurely and ſeverely blame and puniſh you. Carry it never ſo cleanly, cover in never ſo cloſely; God who ſeeth in ſecret will reprove you openly; that is, he will chide you, ſmite you, curſe you for it (if Repentance interpoſe not to take up the matter). he will ſo ſet it on, as no creature ſhall be able to take it off. Men reprove offenders ſometimes ſlighty and overtly, deeſt ignis, as Latimer ſaid, whereby they do more harm then good; for their reproofs are rather ſoothings then reprovings. Perſonatae reprehenſiones frigent: ſuch was that of Eli to his ſons,Junius. 1 Sam. 2.23. Such alſo was that of Jehoſhaphat to wicked Ahab, Let not the King ſay ſo. But when God took thoſe ſame men to do, he handled them after another manner:1 Kings 22.8. he gives it them both by words and blowes, till both their ears tingled, till their hearts aked, and quaked within them: ſo fearful a thing it is to fall into the puniſhing hands of the living God. Let all thoſe look to it, eſpecially that are in place of judicature, Pſalm 82.1, 2, 3. Let them hear cauſes without prejudicate impiety, judiciouſly examine them without ſiniſter obliquity, and ſincerely judg them without unjuſt partiality, remembring that Acceptatio perſonarum eſt judiciorum pestis, accepting of perſons is the peſt of judgments.