John Trapp on Jeremiah 29:23
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Jeremiah29:23
Ver. 23. Becauſe they have committed adultery with their neighbours wives] As did Elies ſons,Scultet-Annal. 1 Sam. 2. thoſe falſe Prophets alſo at Jeruſalem, chap. 23.14. Hetſer the great Anabaptiſt in Germany (who yet dyed penitently) and as do ſtill the Imailers, Turk. hiſt. 477. an order of religious men among the Turkes (who call them the religious brothers of love) and the Bramines (ſucceſſours to the Brachmanni) among the Indians, who are extremely impure and libidinous; claiming the firſt nights lodging of every bride,Heyl. Coſmog. &c. having nothing of a man but the voyce and ſhape: and yet theſe are their Prieſts.
Even I know and am a witneſſe, ſaith the Lord] Let them carry their villany never ſo cleanly and cloſely with their Si non caſte, ſaltem caute; yet I know all; am now an eye-witneſſe, and will be one day a ſwift witneſſe againſt them. Ʋtinam animadverterent haec Principes, & ille qui non in ſede Petri ſed in proſtibulo Priapi Lampſaeceni ſedens fornicationes tegit, ſancta conjugiae vetat, mera ſomnia vendit, & Dei oculos claudit, ſaith one.
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