John Trapp on Job 37:13

Verſe 13. He cauſeth it to come, whether for correction] Heb. For a rod. God hath his rods ſticking up in every corner of his houſe for chaſtiſement of his children, and they ſhall take it for a favour too, [non-Latin text not transcribed] Sept. Bern. Hebr. 12.7. r Cor. 11.32. Sinite vergam corr[illegible: 1 letter]pi[illegible: 2 letters]t[illegible: 1 letter]m, [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 3 letters]iutis m[illegible: 1 letter]lltum conterentem, ſaith an Ancient. he co[illegible: 4 letters] with the rod of correction, that ye feel not maul of confuſion. Better ſuffer immoderate raines and lightnings, then that terrible tempeſt, chap. 27.21. and the black flaſhes of hell fire, that [non-Latin text not transcribed], as Plato calleth it; the fiery Lake, as the Scripture.

Or for his Land] i.e. His Church, Hoſ. 9.3, A Land that he watereth and watcheth over from one end of the year to the other, Deut. 11.12.. His vineyard cared for, and kept to himſelf night and day, Iſai. 27.3. Or, the earth at large, which is Gods great field, Pſal. 24.1. (as the Church is his fold, Pſal. 100.3.) and eſpecially that part of it which is deſert and uninhabited. There alſo God cauſeth his Sun to ſhine, and his raine to fall, Matth 5.45. Job 38.26, 27. That the wild beaſts alſo may have food.

Or for mercy] Some ſingular and extraordinary mercy, as 2 Sam. 21.10. 1 King. 18.45. Sive ad faciendum beneficentiam; or to beſtow his bounty, and to beſtow a largeſſe; as Princes ſometimes make a ſcatter of monies among the multitude. Clouds are Gods Store-houſes, which he eft-ſoons openeth to our profit, Deuter. 28.12. By them, he maketh a ſcatter of riches upon the earth; which good men gather, and bad men ſcramble for.