John Trapp on Lamentations 3:39

Ver. 39. Wherefore d[illegible: 1 letter]th a living m[illegible: 1 letter]n complain?] Mourn immoderately, or murmure cauſeleſly? If he mourn let him mourn for his ſin, as the cauſe of his ſuffering, let him revenge upon that. If he be tempted to murmure, let him remember that he is yet alive, and that's more then his part cometh to, ſith it is the Lords mercy that he is not conſumed, and ſent packing hence to hell. Life in any ſence is a ſweet mercy: even that which to the afflicted may ſeem a lifeleſſe life, as Prov. 15.15. Let this patient us, that we are yet alive.

A man for the puniſhment of his ſine?] Heb. man for his ſin? for ſin doth as naturally draw and ſuck puniſhments to it, as the Laod-ſtone doth Iron, or Turpentine fire: wherefore alſo the ſame word in Hebrew ſignifieth both.