John Trapp on Jeremiah 1:5

Ver. 5. Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee] viz. With a knowledge not Intuitive only but alſo Approbative. Verba notitiae apud Hebraeos ſecum trahunt affectum.

I ſanctified thee] Infuſing grace into thy heart (as afterwards alſo into the Baptiſts, Luke 1.15.) and ſetting thee apart in my ſecret purpoſe to this ſacred office of a Prophet, as afterwards alſo God did Paul to the Apoſtleſhip, Gal. 1.15.

And I ordained thee a Prophet] Magna ſemper fecerunt qui Deo vocante docuerunt, ſaith Luther. They have alwaies done great things, whom God hath called to teach his people: quod eſt contra eos qui Eccleſiam ruituram putant niſi & ipſi doceant, ſaith Oecolampadius[illegible: 1 letter]: This text maketh againſt ſuch as think that the Church muſt needſly ſuffer, unleſſe they (though uncalled) turn Teachers.

Ʋnto the Nations] i. e. Firſt to the Jews, qui fere in Gentiles evaſerant, who were little better then Gentiles: ſo Papagant are called Pagans, Rev. 11.2. Secondly, to forreiners, of and to whom he prophecyed, chap. 44, &c. Thirdly, to people of all times, who may and muſt be inſtructed by this Book: which is ſuch as was highly ſee by, and cited in the Old Teſtament by Daniel, Ezechiel, Nehemiah, Ezra, Obadiah, (who taketh moſt of his Prophecy out of him) as in the New by our Saviour, Matth. 21. Mar. 11. Matthew the Evangeliſt, chap. 2. Paul 2 Cor. 6.1. & 10. Heb. 8. & 10. John the Divine, Rev. 2. & 15.