John Trapp on Jeremiah 1:10

Ver. 10. See, I have ſet thee this day over Nations] ſc. With authority to uſe the ſame liberty in reproving their ſins, that they take in committing them. Fear not the higheſt (for I have ſet thee over them) but look upon them as ſo many mice: for what are they more in compariſon of me and of thee, who haſt from me thy miſſion and commiſſion? zeal in well-doing ſheweth a man to be right: like as ſuch are living fiſh as ſwim againſt the ſtream.

To root out and to pull down] i. e. To denounce deſtruction to evil-doers, and then I will effect it. Eliſha hath his ſword, as well as Hazael or Jehu, 1 King. 19.17. and vengeance for the diſobedient is every whit as ready in Gods hand as in his Miniſters mouth, 2 Cor. 10.6. See Hoſ. 6.5. (with the Note) Joh. 20.23. But what a mercy of God to the Church was it, that the ſame day that Pelagius that Arch-heretick was born in Britain, Auſtin the great confuter of that heretick ſhould be born in Afrike? Providence ſo diſpoſing that the poiſon and the Antidote ſhould come into the world together? Dempſter. Hiſt. Scot.

To build and to plant] As a co-worker with God for the good of ſouls, by preaching Chriſt unto them, as this Prophet doth notably in a moſt divine and ſtately ſtrain: ſetting him forth in his coming, Covenant, Offices, Benefits, &c. as the only foundation, and lively root of hope.