John Trapp on Jeremiah 29:1

CHAP. XXIX.

Ver. 1. NOw theſe are the words of the Letter] Heb. of the book. It is taken for any manner of writing, whether longer, as a book; or ſhorter, as a letter, an Epiſtle, cujus ornamentum eſt ornamentis carere, ſaith Politian: the two chief commendations whereof, ſay others, are ſhortneſſe, and plainneſſe: Here we have both, and ſhould therefore highly prize it: not as Apocryphal Baruch's letter: but as parcel of holy Writ, worthy of all acceptation.

Which were carried away captive] And longed for deliverance: but are adviſed to have patience, and not to antedate the promiſes, which, in their due time ſhould be accompliſhed. As till then obediendum eſt etiam dyſcolis; obedience muſt be yielded to the Babylonians (now their Maſters) and not only to the good and gentle, but alſo to the froward: For this is thank-worthy, &c. 1 Pet. 2.18.