John Trapp on Jonah 1:15

Verſe 15. So they took up Jonah,] Not againſt his will, but in a ſort offering himſelf to condigne puniſhment. The Marriners had tried all wayes to ſave him: till they ſaw they muſt either deſtroy him, or be deſtroyed with him. So deal many with their beloved ſins, [non-Latin text not transcribed], Dixit Caligula. which they are loth to mortifie, they ſee they muſt either kill or be killed, Rom. 8.13. either turn from them to God, or burn for ever in hell. Jonas his charity is exemplary, who yeelded to periſh alone, rather then to have others periſh with him, and for him: the Devil and his imps deſire to draw company the ſame way with themſelves; and ſay as that wretch of old, When I die, may the earth be all fired.

and caſt him forth into the Sea,] Thus dealeth God by his ſervant Ionah; formerly faithfull in his office, and able thereunto, and therefore ſent to Nineveh. Behold the righteous ſhall be recompenced in the earth, Prov. 11.31. here they are ſure of their payment, neither can all their good deeds bear out one prepenſed wickedneſſe,Ovid. Metam. Nec horret iratum mare. Horat. lib. epod or a leſſer fault that lies unrepented of: as were eaſie to inſtance in Moſes, Miriam, David, others: And all this proceeds from love diſpleaſed.

and the Sea ceaſed from raging.] Heb. ſtood from its wrath, or indignation. Nec maris ira manet. The Sea having found what it ſought for, and now poſſeſt of the priſoner it purſued, reſteth quiet and content: Vide hic mare & diſce ſapere, ſaith One, See the ſea here, and learn obedience to thy Creator, ſith winds, waves and all are at his beck and check. See Mat. 8.23.