John Trapp on Job 13:15

Verſe 15. Though he ſlay me, yet will I truſt in him] Though he ſhould multiply my miſeries, and lay ſtroke after ſtroke upon me till he had daſhed the very breath out of my body, yet he ſhall not be ſo rid of me; for I will hang on ſtill; and if I muſt needs die, I wil die at his feet, and in the midſt of death expect a better life from him. Dum expiro ſpero, ſhall be my motto: The righteous hath hope in his death, Prov. 14.32. yea, his hope is moſt lively, when himſelf lieth a dying, ſupereſt ſperare ſalutem, my fleſh, and my heart faileth, ſaith he; but God is the ſtrength of my heart, and my portion for ever, Pſalm 73.26. True faith in a danger (as the blood) gets to the heart, John 14.1. and if it ſelf be in good heart, it will believe in an angry God, as Iſai. 63.15, 16. (the Church there thought ſhe ſhould know him amidſt all his auſterities) yea, in a killing God, as here: yea, (as a man may ſay with reverence) whether God will or no, as that woman of Canaan Matth. 15. who would not be damped or diſcouraged with Chriſts either ſilence, or ſad anſwers; and therefore had what ſhe came for, beſides an high commendation of her heroical faith.

But (or nevertheleſſe) I will maintain mine own wayes before him] We have had the Triumph of Jobs truſt: here we have the ground of it, viz. his uprightneſſe, the testimony of his conſcience, that in ſimplicity and godly ſincerity he had his converſation in the world, 2 Cor. 2.12. This was his cordial, without which, grief would have broke his heart, Pſalm 69.20. this was his confidence, even the clearneſſe of his conſcience, 1 John 3.21. Uprightneſſe hath boldneſſe; and that man who walks uprightly before God, may truſt perfectly in God. Job was either innocent or penitent: He would therefore either maintain his wayes before God, and come to the light,Quem poenitet peccaſſe, pene eſt innocens. Sen. Agam. that his deeds might be manifeſt, that they were wrought in God, John 3.21. Or elſe he would reprove and correct his wayes (ſo the Hebrew word ſignifieth alſo) that is, he would confeſſe and forſake his ſins, and ſo be ſure to have mercy, according to that ſoul-ſatisfying promiſe, Prov. 28.13.