John Trapp on Jeremiah 3:19

Ver. 19. But I ſaid, How ſhall I put thee among the children?] How, but by my free grace alone, ſith thou haſt ſo little deſerved it? the cauſes of our Adoption, ſee Eph. 1.5, 6.

And give thee a pleaſant land] The heavenly Canaan, which is here fitly called a land of deſire or delight, an heritage or poſſeſſion of goodlineſs, a land of the H[illegible: 1 letter]sts (or deſires) of the Nations.

And I ſaid, thou ſhalt call me My Father] And, My Father affectionately uttered, is an effectual prayer. As Pater I breviſſima quidem vex eſt, ſed omnia complectitur, ſaith Luther, i. e. Ah Father is but a little word, but very comprehenſive; it is ſuch a piece of eloquence, as far exceedeth the rowlings of Demoſthenes, Cicero or whatſoever moſt excellent Orator.