John Trapp on Jeremiah 20:17-18
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Jeremiah20:17-18
Ver. 17. Becauſe he ſlew me not, &c.] Why, but is not life a mercy? a living Dog better then a dead Lion? See on Job 3.10. & 10.18, 19.
Vincet aliquando pertinax bonitas. Rev. 2, 10. Ver. 18. Wherefore came I forth, &c.] Paſſions are a moſt dangerous and heady water, when once they are out.
That my dayes ſhould be conſumed with ſhame?] Why but a Chriſtian ſouldier may have a very great arrear, 2 Tim. 4.7, 8.
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