John Trapp on Job 32:3

Verſe 3. A[illegible: 1 letter]ſo againſt his three friends was his wrath kindled] True zeal is of a moſt maſculine, diſ-ingaged couragious nature: like fire it catcheth on every ſide, and is impartial. Elihu was a man made [illegible: 1 letter]ll of fire, walking among ſtub[illegible: 1 letter]le. as Ch[illegible: 1 letter]yſoſ[illegible: 1 letter]om ſaith of Peter: And ſurely, he that is not angry againſt ſin, whether in himſelf or others, it is becauſe either he knowes it not, or hates it not as he ought. He alſo kept within the bounds of modeſty and moderation, and expreſſed himſelfe without bitterneſſe. We read of Idacius, that he would needs be doing with S[illegible: 1 letter]lvianus and Inſtantius, both Priſcillianiſts. Sulp. Sever. l. 2. p. 17 1. But by his paſſionate and intemperate language, he not only not converted them, but made them worſe.

Becauſe they had found no anſwer] They were gravelled and non-pluſt,Act. & Mon. as the Popiſh Doctors were oft by the Martyrs, Philpot, Ridley &c. yea by thoſe of the weaker ſort, as Anne Askew. Alice Driver &c. Speed. 11 45. ex Grafton Hollinſ[illegible: 1 letter]cad, &c. The Prolocutor in Convocation, Anno 1553 confeſſed that thoſe dejected Miniſters (afterwards Martyrs) had the Word on their ſide, but the Prelates in place the poſſeſſion of the ſword, and that was their beſt anſwer to the others Arguments.

And yet had condemned Job] condemned him for a wicked man, as the word signifieth. So the Popiſh Doctors did innocent Cranmer of Adultery, Hereſie and Treaſon: Philpo[illegible: 1 letter] of Parricide, Hereſie, &c. To accuſe was eaſie, but how ſhamefully failed they in the proof? Theſe three after they had alſo intereſted God himſelfe in their raſh accuſation of Job were forced to give him over.