John Trapp on Job 33:8

Verſe 8. Surely thou haſt ſpoken in my hearing] Here beginneth the Charge,Pro Plancis. and it is for words; Quae levitèr volant, non levitèr violant. Nihil tàm volucre quàm maledictum, nihil faciliùs emittitur, ſaith Cicero; Nothing is ſo ſwift as an evil word, nothing is more eaſily uttered. But ſhould a man ſet his mouth againſt heaven, and utter errour againſt the Lord, Iſa. 32.6? Should he toſs that reverend Name of God to and fro, with ſuch impiety and prophaneneſs, as if his ſpeech could have no grace, but in his diſgrace? as if Auguſtus Caeſar were dealing with ſome god Neptune. Lonicer. theatr. hiſtoric. or the three ſons trying their Archery at their fathers heart, to ſee who can ſhoot nigheſt? Surely, as God is the avenger of all ſuch; ſo an Elihu cannot hear it, and not be kindled. Good blood will not bely it ſelf, Pſal. 139.20, 21. They ſpeak againſt thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain: Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee; I hate them with a perfect hatred &c. The very Turks have the Chriſtians blaſpheming of Chriſt in execration: and puniſh it in their Priſoners, when through impatiency or deſperateneſs they break out in this kind: What a ſhame is it then, that our Kanters (that laſt brood of Beelzebub) ſhould, till alate, be ſuffered to affirm, That Chriſt is a carnal or fleſhly thing: and to contemne him by the notion of The man dying as Jeruſalem, &c? Can we hear theſe helliſh blaſphemies without ears tingling, hearts trembling. &c? When Servetus condemned Zuinglius for his harſhneſs, he anſwereth, In aliis manſuetus ero, in blaſphemiis in Chriſtum, non ita; In other things I can bear as much as another, but when I hear Chriſt blaſphemed, I am altogether impatient: for why? in this caſe patience would be blockiſhneſs, moderation mopiſhneſs, toleration cowardiſe. Madneſs here is better than meekneſs, &c.