John Trapp on Job 19:28

Verſe 28. But ye ſhould ſay, Why perſecute we him?] This ye ſhall one day ſurely ſay, Then ſhall ye return and diſcern betwixt the righteous and the wicked, &c. Nam [illegible: 1 letter]lim diciti[illegible: 1 letter] cur cum perſequebam[illegible: 1 letter]r. Tigur. Mal. 3.18. Then ſhall it repent you (it ſhould do ſo now) that ye have rated and reviled me for an by poerite; viz. when God hath cleared mine integrity, (as he did chap. 42.) or at the laſt day howſoever, what time there ſhall be a Reſurtection of names as well as of bodies. Would ye but ſay ſo now, it would be ſome ſatisfaction. Que[illegible: 1 letter] panites precaſſe poene eſt inn[illegible: 1 letter]cons. You have heard by the confeſſion I have made, I am no miſcreant, no misbeliever; but that I do hold faſt the faithful Word.

The root of the mentor is in me.] Or, the root of the Word, the engrafied word of God that is able to ſave my ſoul, hath taken deep root in me, J[illegible: 1 letter]n. 1.21. I hold the myſtery of the faith in a pure conſcience, 1 Tim. 3.9. this, is the Cabinet, that, the Jewel hept therein. And with what face can ye cenſure ſuch an one for a caſtaway, who am ſorely afflicted indeed, ſo that my very raines are conſumed within me, my graces alſo haply are ſomewhat deflouriſhed, and it is little better with me then with a tree in winter; and as a Tyle tree, whoſe ſay is in the root, Iſai. 6.13. But ſo long as the root of the matter is in me, that radical grace of faith; and fith I do utter, as ye have heard, the words of truth and ſoberneſſe (as ſome fruits of a ſound faith) ſure you ſhould handle me with more tenderneſſe, as one that hath ſome ſap and ſubſtance in him.