John Trapp on Job 3:18

Verſe 18. There the [illegible: 1 span] ] or [illegible: 1 word] as do their cruell creditors, and hard task-maſters. There, that is in the ſtate of the dead, whether by land or ſea, the [illegible: 1 word], or [illegible: 1 span] the miſerable captives [illegible: 1 letter]est, ſuch as were thoſe poor Chriſtians, ſhut up ſo cloſe (by Barb[illegible: 1 letter]ruſ[illegible: 1 letter]a the Turkiſh Generall returning toward Constantinople) under hatches among the excrements of nature, that all the way as he went,Turk. hiſt. 750. almoſt every houre, ſome of them were caſt dead over-board. Such were many of the Martyrs kept faſt ſhut up [illegible: 1 letter]n [illegible: 1 letter]ollards Tower, in the Biſhop of London: cole-houſe, a dark and ugly priſon, ſaid Mr. Philpot, as any is about London: but I thank the Lord, I am not alone, but have ſix other faithfull companions, who in our darkneſſe, do lightſomely ſing Pſalms and praiſes to God for his great goodneſſe,Acts & Mon. 1669, 1670. but eſpecially for this that I am ſo near the apprehenſion of eternall bliſſe: God forgive me mine unthankfulneſſe and unworthineſſe of ſo great glory. What pitifull hard uſage Gods poor priſoners met with in the late troubles, at Oxford eſpecially (from which death God graciouſly delivered me when I was in their hands) and in the Weſtern parts;pag. 38. ſee Mr. R[illegible: 1 letter]nas Sermon called J[illegible: 1 letter]b in the Weſt, where he compareth the enemies cruelty to that of the American Cann[illegible: 1 letter]bals, who, when they take a priſoner, ſeed upon him alive, and by degrees, to the unutterable aggravation of his horrour and torment.

They hear not the [illegible: 1 letter]ice of the oppreſſors] Their harſh and hard ſpeeches, Jude 15. that were as a murthering weapon in the poor priſoners bones, Pſal. 42.10. Send me back to my frogs and toads again, where I may pray for you converſion, ſaid one of the Martyrs to his rai[illegible: 2 letters]g adverſaries. Art thou come thou villain? how dareſt thou look me in the face for ſhame, ſaid S[illegible: 1 letter]even G[illegible: 1 letter]r[illegible: 1 letter]iner to Dr. Taylo[illegible: 1 letter] the Martyr[illegible: 1 letter] who told him his own freely,Acts & Mon. but fairely; for the ſpirit of grace is [illegible: 1 span] Eſt autem Saran[illegible: 1 letter] poctus [illegible: 1 span], ſaith Luthex, the divell and his agents are bitter railers, fetching their words as farre as hell, to brea[illegible: 1 letter] the hearts of Gods priſoners. Pſalm 69.20. But beſides that they have their cordiall of a good conſcience by them, 2 Cor. 1.12. in the gr[illegible: 1 letter]ve they heare not the voice of the oppreſſor, nor the barking of theſe dead dogs any more.