John Trapp on Jonah 1:10

Verſe 10. Then were the men exceedingly afraid] Heb. with great fear; when once they had heard the buſineſſe, and weighed the particulars of his meſſage to Niniveh, of his miſcarriage, and of his preſent miſery, together with the danger that themſelves were in for his ſake: how much more for their own, as being conſcious to themſelves of farre more and greater ſinnes then Ionas had to anſwer for, &c. This put the Marriners into a great fright. And as all fear hath torment, they could not be at quiet, till they had further queſtioned him, ſaying;

Why haſt thou done this?] Lo, he that would not be ſubject to Gods command, is now liable to the cenſures, conviction, and condemnation of rude barbarous men: which, being humbled in the ſenſe of his ſinne, hee doth patiently endure without grudging. Danaeus his Note here is, that concerning themſelves and their own ſinnes againſt God, theſe good fellowes ſpake nothing what ever they think; but demand of the Prophet, why haſt thou done this? as if he were the onely miſdoer.

becauſe he had told them] As willing now to give glory to God, and take ſhame to himſelf: this is the property of a true penitentiary. See Pſal. 52. Title (where David ſtands to do penance in a white ſheet as it were) and Auguſtines Confeſſions. Hypocrites deal with their ſouls, as ſome do with their bodies: when their beauty is decayed, they deſire to hide it from themſelves by falſe glaſſes, and from others by painting: ſo do they their ſins from themſelves by falſe gloſſes, and from others by excuſes. But as the priſoner on the rack tells all; and as things written with the juice of limmons, when held to the fire are made legible: ſo when God brings men into ſtraits, when he roaſteth them in the fire of his wrath, then if ever, they will confeſſe againſt themſelves, and ſo give glory to God, Joſh. 7.19. by putting themſelves into the hand of juſtice, in hope of mercy.