John Trapp on Jeremiah 20:15-16

Ver. 15. Curſed be the man] Let him have a curſe for a reward of his ſo good news. Thus the Prophet, in a fit of impatiency, carrieth himſelf as one who being cut by a Surgeon and extreamly pained, ſtriketh at and biteth thoſe that hold him: or like him in the Poet, Aeneid. l. 2.Quem non incuſavi amens hominumque Deumque?

Surely as the bird in a cage, becauſe pent up, beats her ſelf: ſo doth the diſcontented perſon. Look to it therefore. Satan thruſteth in upon us ſometimes praying, with a cloud of ſtrange paſſions: ſuch as are ready to gallow us out of that little wit and faith we have. Reſiſt him betimes. The wild-fire of Paſſion will be burning whilſt the incenſe of Prayer is in offering: this ſcum will be riſing up in the boyling pot, together with the meat: See Jon. 4.1. with the Note.

[non-Latin text not transcribed], exinde [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Jon. 4.4.Ver. 16. And let that man be] A moſt bitter curſe, but cauſeleſſe. The devil of diſcontent where it prevaileth, maketh the heart to be, for the time, a little hell: as we ſee in Moſes, Job, David, Jeremy: men otherwiſe made up of excellencies. Theſe ſinned, but not with full conſent. A godly man hath a flea in his ear, ſomewhat within which ſaith Doſt thou well to be angry, Jonah?