John Trapp on Job 21:3

Verſe 3. Suffer me that I may ſpeak] Say that it be ſuffering to you to hear me (for now I ſee you have, as they write of ſome Creatures, feb in [illegible: 2 letters]re;) yet put your ſelves to the pain of hearing me, and beat me though I am burdenſome to you, though my ſpeeches croſſe the graine of your ſpirits. See 2 Cor. 11.1. I will promiſe you to ſpeak nothing worthy of a ſcoff, ſuch as was that of Theophraſt[illegible: 2 letters], Let him ſhun the [illegible: 4 letters]tive man who would not be put into a [illegible: 1 letter]it of a feavee.Theoph. Charact [illegible: 1 word] de garrul. Or that of Ariſtotle, before whom when one having made a long and idle diſcourſe, concluded it thus, I doubt I have been too tedious unto you, Sir Philoſopher,Plut. de garrn. lit. with my many words In good ſooth, ſaid Ariſtotle, you have not been tedious to me, for I gave no heed to any thing you ſaid.

And after I have ſpoken, mock on] Heb. M[illegible: 3 letters] thou on, thou Zoph[illegible: 1 letter]r, (to whom he turned his ſpeech, and very likely his eye alſo) if thou canſt find in thy heart to mock at ſo much reaſon, as I ſhall alledge in mine owne defence, I gainſtand thee not. He wanted no wit that ſaid, If a wiſe man ſpeak evil of thee, or to thee,Chryſoſt. endure him; if a fool, ſlight him. Sile, & funeſtam dediſti plagam, trouble not thy ſelf at his taunts, and thou puniſheſt him ſufficiently.