John Trapp on Jeremiah 2:8

Ver. 8. The Prieſts ſaid not, Where is the Lord] Ignorant they were and idle:Dixerunt, Ʋbi victimae, ubi nummi? triobotarium Deum faciunt ſub que haſtam mittunt. Oecol. they would not be at the paines of a ſerious inquiſition after God and his will: though he be a rewarder of all that diligently ſeek him, Heb. 11.6.

And they that handled the Law] That expounded and applyed it. A Metaphor from ſuch as are trained in the war, who are ſaid tractare bellum, to handle their armes.

The Paſtours alſo tranſgreſſed against me.] What marvel therefore that the people did ſo too? For, as in a fiſh, the corruption of it beginneth at the head: ſo here.

And the Prophets propheſied by Baal] And taught others to worſhip Idols. We ſee then 'tis nothing new that ſtars fall from heaven, that Church-chieftaines ſhould fall from God, and draw others after them. It went for a Proverb a little afore Luther ſtirred, Qui Theologum ſcholaſticum videt, videt ſeptem peccata mortalia, he that ſeeth a Divine, ſeeth the ſeven deadly ſins.