John Trapp on Jeremiah 24:2

Ver. 2. One basket had very good figs] Maturas & prae[illegible: 1 letter]oquas, ripe and ready betimes, burſas melle plenas, as one once called ſuch good Figs, purſes full of Hony.

Paſſerat.Ficus habet lactis nivei, rutilique ſaporem Mellis, & ambroſiae ſimiles cum nectare ſuccos.

The other basket had very naughty figs] Sowr and ill-taſted, becauſe blaſted, haply, or worm-eaten,In vit. Dion. &c. Of the Athenians Plutarch ſaith, that they were all very good, or ſtark naught; no middle-men: like as that Country alſo produceth both the moſt excellent hony, and the moſt deadly poyſon. Sure it is, that non ſunt media coram Deo, neque placet tepiditas, before God every man is either a good tree yielding good fruit, or an evil tree bearing evil fruit. He that is not with Chriſt is againſt him. He acknowledgeth not a mediocrity, he deteſteth an indifferency in Religion: hot or cold he wiſheth men, and threateneth to ſpue the lukewarm out out of his mouth, Rev 3.15, 16. The beſt that can be ſaid of ſuch Neuter-Paſſives, is, that which Tacitus ſaith of Galba, Magis extra vitia quam cum virtutibus, that they are rather not vitious then vertuous; their goodneſſe is meerly negative. The world cryeth them up for right honeſt men, but God decryeth them for naught, ſtark naught, they may not be endured they are ſo naught. See Luke 16.15.