John Trapp on Jeremiah 20:3

Ver. 3. Paſhur brought forth Jeremiah] To be judged, ſay ſome: but why then did he firſt ſmite him? an Officer ſhould retain the Majeſty of the Law, and not do any thing paſſionately. To ſet him at liberty, ſay others; as perceiving that the Word of God could not be bound, nor a Prophets mouth ſtopped by a priſon, as Paſhur alſo ſhall well perceive ere Jeremy hath done with him.Act. & Mon. Bonner ſaid to Hawkes the Martyr, A faggot will make you believe the Sacrament of the Altar. He anſwered, No, no, a point for your faggot: God will be meet with you one day: So true is that of the Poet, Preſſa ſub ingen[illegible: 1 letter]i ceu pondere palma vireſcit, Sub cruce ſic florent debita corda Deo.

The Lord hath not called thy name Paſhur] That is black-mouth, as ſome derive it; Junius. q d. non Auguſtus ſed anguſtus; non nobilis, ſed mob[illegible: 1 letter] l[illegible: 1 letter]s futurus es. Non tumor ſed tiimor. Daniel. Thuan. or diffuſing paleneſſe, as others: but on the contrary.

Magor-miſſabib] i. e. Terrour round about, or fear on every ſide: a Proverbial form of ſpeech denoting extreame conſternation of ſpirit, and greateſt diſtreſs: ſuch as befell Tullus Hoſtilius King of Rome, who had for his gods Pavor and Pallor: dign[illegible: 1 letter]ſſimus ſanè qui deos ſuos ſemper haberet praeſentes, ſaith Lactantius wittily, i. e. great pitty, but this man ſhould ever have had his gods at hand, ſith he was ſo fond of them: Our Richard 3. and Charles the ninth of France, a paire of bloody Princes, were Magor-miſſabibs in their generations: as terrible at length to themſelves, as they had been formerly to others: and therefore could never endure to be awakened in the night without muſick, or ſome like diverſion.