John Trapp on Jeremiah 22:14

Ver. 14. I will build me a wide houſe] Heb. a houſe of meaſures, or dimenſions, ſuch as is the Turkes Seraglio (two or three mile in compaſſe) or rather ſuch as is Weſtminſter-hall, built by W[illegible: 1 letter]ll[illegible: 1 letter]am Rufus, who found much fault with it, for being too little, ſaying it was fitter for a chamber then for a hall for a King of England: Daniels Hiſt. and taking a plot for one more ſpacious to be added unto it, he came to an untimely end; Sarcophago contentus, ſhut up in a little grave, which yet was more honour then this ambitious Prince attained to: for he was caſt out and buried with the burial of an Aſſe, as it followeth, ver. 19.

And large chambers] Hed. widened or winded: through-aired.Caenacula perflabilia. Thus (with thoſe Megarenſians ſpoken of by Plato) he built as if his life had been riveted upon Eternity.

And cutteth him out windows] Some render it (and the Original will bear it) that teareth my windows, ſc. to enlarge and beautify therewith his new building:Et lacerat ſibi ſeneſtras meas. Trem. he took in (belike) a piece of Gods Houſe. This was ſuch a piece of Sacriledge as the very Heathens abhorred. A certain King of Sicily, to enlarge his Palace, pulled down an old Temple: but the Emperour Marcus Antonius calleth it a beaſtly and leud action, not to be ſpoken of without ſhame; proteſting that is was a matter of wonder and ſcandal, not only to him but to the whole City and Senate of Rome: and therefore he blamed the King exceedingly for it. Our William the Conquerour is much cried out upon for throwing down thirty ſix Mother-Churches in Hampſhire, for the making of his New-forreſt, to hunt in.Camd. Brit.