John Trapp on Jonah 1:4

Verſe 4. But the Lord ſent out] Heb. caſt forth, ſc. out of his treaſuries Pſal. 135.7. where-hence he ſendeth at his pleaſure mighty great winds which he (the only Aeolus) holdeth in his fiſt, hideth in his repoſitories, checketh them as he ſeeth good, weighs them in his hand Iob 28.25. ſends them out as his Poſts, makes them pace orderly, appoints them their motion, whether as meſſengers of mercy Num. 11.13. Gen. 8.1. Exod. 14.21. or as executioners of juſtice Exod. 10.13. Iob 1.29. hurting mens houſes, cattle, corn, perſons: yea hurrying and hurling the wicked into hell Iob 27.21.

a great wind into the ſea] whither they that go down in ſhips ſee Gods great wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiſeth the ſtormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof &c. Pſa. 107.23, 24, 25. &c. Did it not ſo in a marvelous manner here in 88. and againe in that other 88. ſome few yeares ſince? Had not Jehoſaphat his ſhips broken at, Ezion-geber 1 King. 22.48.Val. Max. Chriſtian. p[illegible: 1 letter] 132. and Charles the fifth at Algeire by two terrible tempeſts, which deſtroyed almoſt all that goodly Fleet? The very marriners acknowledged this wind to be an effect of Gods juſtice, and therefore thought fit to implore his mercy: for

there was a mighty tempeſt in the ſea] which is troubleſome of it ſelf and never ſtill; though ſometimes it ſeems ſo: but by bluſtering and big winds is made out of meaſure troubleſome, ſuch as was that [non-Latin text not transcribed] Luk. 8.23.Inhorrait mar[illegible: 1 letter] Virg. and that Eur[illegible: 1 letter]clydon Act. 27.14. which Pliny calleth Navigantium, Peſtem, the marriners miſery.

ſo that the ſhip was like to be broken] Heb. thought to be broken. Gr. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. was in danger to be broken: the marriners made no other reckoning: they looked upon all as loſt. God reſerveth his holy hand for a dead lift uſually: and loveth to help thoſe that are forſaken of their hopes.