John Trapp on Jeremiah 29:25

Ver. 25. Becauſe thou haſt ſent letters in thy name] Such as Sadoletus a Popiſh Biſhop ſent to Geneva in Calvins abſence, to bring them back again to the obedience of the See of Rome; and as we have many from the Romiſh factors ſent hither to the ſeducing of not a few: a ſubtle and ſhrew'd way of deceiving the ſimple.

Act. & Mon. And to Z[illegible: 1 letter]phaniah] The ſecond under the High-Prieſt Seraiah, and ſucceſſour likely to that Paſhur, chap. 20. who was depoſed for ſome miſdemeanour, like as Dr. Weſton was here in Queen Maries dayes put by all his Church-dignities, for being taken in bed with an harlot. Of this Zepha[illegible: 1 letter]iah, ſee 2 Kings 25.18. his office was to judge of prophecies, and to puniſh ſuch as he found to be falſe Prophets.

And to all the Prieſts] Who were too too forward of themſelves to bandy againſt Gods true Prophets, chap. 26.8. and did as little need by letter to be excited thereunto,Clarkes Martyr l. 136. as Biſhop Bonner did to be ſtirred up to perſecute Proteſtants: and yet to him were letters ſent from King Philip and Queen Mary, complaining that heretikes were not ſo reformed as they ſhould be, and exhorting him to more diligence, &c.