John Trapp on Job 32:20

Verſe 20. I will ſpeak that I may be refreſhed] Heb. That I may breath; This many Martyrs did; though to the loſſe of their precious lives: as thoſe that came to the Tribunals, and cryed out; Chriſtiani ſumus, We are Chriſtians, hang us, burn us, ſtone us, &c. Modo Jeſum noſtrum nanciſcamur, ſo that we may get our Jeſus. And when they were told that they were put to death, Non pro fide, ſed pro obſtinatione; not for their Religion, but for their obſtinacy; Tertullian anſwered, Pro hac obſtinatione fidei morimur; For this Religious obſtinacy we gladly dye. As for thoſe that made not a good confeſſion, but either denied or diſſembled their Religion, for politick reſpects, what a deal of unreſt found they in their conſciences, till they had better declared themſelves, or revoked their recantations; as Bilney, Bainhum, Benbridg, Abbes, Sharp, beſides Origen, and all thoſe of old? Let a man ſpeak boldly and freely in a good Cauſe when called to it, and he ſhall be refreſhed: for as every flower hath its ſweet ſmell, ſo hath every good word and work its comfort.

I will open my lips and anſwer] Viz. Freely and fully, as Eph. 6.19. with great a lacrity of ſpirit and vehemency of ſpeech. Some kind of anſwer a man may make, though he open not his lips: as he did, who being asked what mans life was? preſently turned his back, and went his way. Theadoret alſo upon Matth. 5.2. obſerveth that our Saviour taught ſometimes, when yet he opened not his mouth; viz. by holy life, and wondrous works.