John Trapp on Jonah 2:4

Verſ. 4. Then I ſaid, I am caſt out of thy ſight,] Thus thoſe ſtraits brought him to theſe diſputes of deſpair, as they did likewiſe David, Pſal. 31.22. the Church in the Lamentations Chap. 4.22. and others, apt enough in affliction to have hard conceits of God, and heavy conceits of themſelves. Whiles men look at things preſent, whiles they live by ſenſe onely, it muſt needs be with them as with an houſe without pillars, tottering with every blaſt; or as a ſhip without anchor, toſſed with every wave. They muſt therefore thruſt Hagar out of doors, and ſet up Sarah; ſilence their reaſon, and exalt Faith, as did Jonas here; Then I ſaid, I am caſt out of thy ſight: Here you may take him up for a dead man; here he inclineth ſomewhat to that of Cain, Gen. 4.13, 14. and ſurely they that go down to this pit (of deſpair, as Hezechiah ſpeaketh of the grave) cannot hope for Gods truth,Eſa. 38. as long as there they ſtay.

yet I wil look again toward thine holy Temple] Here he recollects and recovers himſelf: as the ſame ſoul may ſucceſſively doubt and believe, not ſimultaneouſly: and faith, where it is right, will at length outwraſtle diffidence, and make a man more then a conquerour, even a Triumpher. When ſenſe ſaith ſuch a thing will not be, Reaſon ſaith, It cannot be, Faith gets above and ſaith, Yea, but it ſhall be: what talk you to me of Impoſſibilities, I ſhall yet (as low as I am, and as forlorn) look again towards Gods holy Temple of heaven; yea, that here on earth, where God is ſincerely ſerved, and whereto the precious are annexed. Faith is by one fitly compared to the cork upon the net: though the lead on the one ſinks it down, yet the cork on the other keeps it up in the water. The faithful ſoon check themſelves for their doubtings and deſpondency, as Jonah here; as David chides David, Pſal. 43.5 and as Paul ſaith of himſelf and his fellowes, that they were ſtaggering, but not wholly ſticking, 2 Cor. 4.8.