John Trapp on Jonah 1:9

Verſ. 9. And he ſaid unto them, I am an Hebrew] i. e. a true Beleever, as was Heber the Patriarch, Gen. 10.21. and, after him, Abram the Hebrew, as he is called, Gen. 14.13. This name of Hebrews, as it was the firſt title given to Abraham and his ſeed, ſo it indureth one of the laſt, 2 Cor. 11.22. Philip. 3 5 Epiſtle to the Hebrews, title.

and I fear the Lord God of heaven,] That's mine occupation: I ſerve God with my ſpirit, in the Goſpel of his Sonne, as Paul hath it, Rom. 1.9. every faithful Miniſter is ſervant to the King of heaven, Act. 27.23. (this the devil could not deny, Act. 16.16, 17.) neither is he of his meaner or inferiour ſervants, of his Underling, sbut of the nobleſt employment: Miniſters are his Stewards, Embaſſadours, Paranymphs, or Spokeſmen, &c. and this is their occupation, or their work; farre beyond that of Solomons ſervants.

which hath made the ſea, and the drie land,] This troubleſome ſea that now ſo threatneth you: and that drie land which you would ſo fain recover. Theſe, with all their contents, are his creatures: neither did he make them, and then ſeave them to Fate or Fortune; as a carpenter leaves the houſe he hath built to others, or a ſhip-wright the ſhip: but he ordereth and ruleth them at his pleaſure, and will unmake all again, rather then his ſhall want help in one ſeaſon, Pſal. 124.8. and 134.3. This was part of Jonah's confeſſion, and but part of it: for he told them (no doubt) how ill he had dealt with this great and good God, running away by [illegible: 1 letter]ealth from his maſters ſervice, and detrecting his yoak; and that therefore he was juſtly apprehended, and adjudged to death. To this purpoſe was Jonas his confeſſion, quae ei ſalutis fuit exordium, ſaith Mercer, which was the beginning of his ſafety and ſalvation. Now his hard heart is broken, and his dumb mouth opened, not only to confeſſe his offence, but to aggravate it: in that being not only an Hebrew of the Hebrewes, a member of the true Church, but a Prophet, a Doctour in Iſrael, he ſhould deal ſo perverſely and perfidiouſly. It is a ſweet happineſſe when ſin ſwels as a toad in a mans eyes, and he can freely confeſſe it in the particulars, and with utmoſt aggravation; laying open al his tranſgreſſions in all his ſinnes, as Moſes phraſeth it, Lev. 16.21. Affliction ſanctified will bring a ſoul to this, as here it did the Prophet: like herein to that helve Eliſha caſt into the water, that fetcht up the iron that was in the bottom.