Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 32:17

17 Ah Lord GOD, behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee .

He beginneth his prayer with a recognition of Gods omnipotency, and the infiniteness of his power, which was shewed in his first making the Heaven and the Earth, as we read, Gen. 1. Psal. 146.6. God himself used this instance to confirm his peoples faith in his ability to do what he pleased, chap. 27.5. It is observable that the servants of God in Holy Writ, used in their Prayers to give God such names, as might help to confirm their Faith as to what they asked. Nothing can further be necessary to confirm our Faith that we shall have what we ask; then for us to be perswaded that the person is able to do it, and also willing. The prophet beginneth with a declaration of his faith in God as to the first, then goes on to the second.

Marginal references: Gen. 18.[illegible: 2 letters] verse 27. Luke 1.3[illegible: 1 letter].; Or, hid [illegible: 1 word] thee.