For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Ver. 33. For he doth not afflict willingly.] Heb., From the heart. a Non nisi coactus, as that emperor said when he sealed a writ for execution of a condenmed person: I would not do it but upon necessity. It goeth as much against the heart with God as it can do against the hair with us:
“ Ille dolet quoties cogitur esse ferox. ”
a Non est Deo volupe, proprium, aut per se intentum. Poenas dat dum poenas exigit. - Sen. de Augusto. Iustis etiam suppliciis illacrymavit et ingemuit. - De Vespasiano Suetonius.