John Trapp on Jeremiah 12:2

Ver. 2. Thou haſt planted them and they have taken root] All goes haile with them; they have more then heart can wiſh, Pſal. 73.7. And in lieu of Gods goodneſſe to them, they profeſſe largely, and pretend to great devotion: but that's all.

Thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reines] That is, from their affections, Tit. 1.16. Hypocrites are like that heap of heads, 2 King. 10.8. that had never a heart among them: they have vocem in chor[illegible: 1 letter], mentem in foro; virtutem non colunt ſed colorant. That Perſian Embaſſadour (of whom before) when converſing with Chriſtians, he had ſo oft in his moth, Soli Deo Gloria, made believe that he gave glory to the only true God, when as he meant the Sun, whom he worſhipped as his God. The King of Bohemia when beaten out of Prague, was encouraged by ſome great Commanders about him, that he had many Princes his friends and allyes, that would readily aſſiſt him: to which he made no anſwer, but wrot the word Deus in great letters. But ſome thought he meant Denmark in D, England in E, Hungary in U, and the Swedes in S. God knows what his meaning was: but he will make all the Churches to know, that he ſearcheth the hearts and reines, and that he will kill with death all ſuch as had rather ſeem to be good then ſeek to be ſo. If Jeremy had been one of thoſe, he durſt never have ſaid