John Trapp on Jeremiah 36:3-4

Ver. 3. It may be that the houſe of Judah will hear, &c.] See here the utility of the holy Scriptures: and the excellent uſe that may be made of reading them. A man may be thereby doubtleſſe converted, where preaching is wanting; as divers were in Queen Maries dayes, Fox Martyrol. when the Word of God was precious: as Auſtin was by reading, Rom. 13. Fulgentius by the Prophet Jonah: Franciſcus Junius by Joh. 1. &c. The Eunuch, Act. 8. and thoſe noble Bereans, Act. 17.11. were notably prepared for converſion, by this ordinance.

That I may forgive their iniquity and their ſin] i. e. Their ſins of all ſorts; giving them a free and full diſcharge.

Baruch Iſle notarius & diaconus Jeremiae, ſim[illegible: 2 letters]que Propheta fuit. Oecol. Ver. 4. Then Jeremiah called Baruch — and Baruch wrote from the mouth] — Dictantis ab ore pependit. Jeremy, it ſeemeth, had either not written his prophecies, or not ſo legibly, or in looſe papers only: now he hath them fair written out into a book; making the ſame uſe of Baruch as afterward Paul did of Tertius, Rom. 16.22. who himſelf wrote no very good hand, as ſome have gathered from, Gal. 6.11. See my Notes there.