John Trapp on Job 7:18

Verſe 18. That thou ſhouldſt viſit him every morning] Be at ſo much pains, as it were, with him, as to chaſten him: and every morning to do it, that is, certainly and early; God took Job to task ſo ſoon as he was awake every morning; and this hee thought much of, and had rather have been without: but that was his weakneſs, ſith the rod is as neceſſary as food.

And try him every moment] Proving by affliction both what corruption, and what grace is in his heart; this David reckoneth upon the ſcore of Gods favours, and prayeth for, Pſal. 139. ult. This God promiſeth as a ſpecial bleſſing, J[illegible: 2 letters] 9.7. and withall aſſureth, that he will try and [illegible: 1 letter]efine his people, but not as ſilver, Iſa. 48.10. He will not deal with them as in rigour of juſtice he might do, becauſe if he ſhould do ſo, they having more droſs in them then good ore, more corruption then grace, they would ſoon be conſumed in this fiery trial: this God conſidered, and ſo ſhould Job have done, and have given over his growling.