John Trapp on John 17:15

Verſe 15. That thou take them out of the world.] Many godly men, weary of the worlds ill-uſages, are found ort ſitting under Elias his Juniper, and wiſhing to die: for what are they better then their Fathers? Iob 6.8, 9. Oh that I might have my request! ſaith Job, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for: And what was that, trow you? Even that it would pleaſe God to deſtroy me; that he would let looſe his hand and cut me off. But was that well pray'd, Ion. 4 3, 8. Job? Or was that wiſely done, Jonas? to fret, one while, at Gods goodneſſe to the Ninevites? to faint, another while, at the loſſe of the gourd? And both times to wiſh to die, Act. 13, 2 Tim 4. Iob 14. 1 Iob. 5.18. ſaying, It is better for me to die then to line? Were it not better to ſerve out your time, with David? To finiſh your courſe, with Paul? to wait till your change ſhall come, weil aſſured that that wicked one ſhall not touch you, as St John hath it, that is, tactu qualitativo (as Cajetan ſenſeth it) with a deadly touch?