John Trapp on Jeremiah 4:1

CHAP. IIII.

Ver. 1. IF thou wilt return O Iſrael] As thou ſeemeſt willing to do, and for very good reaſon, Chap. 2.22, 23, 24. Thou art but a beaten rebel, and to ſtand it out with me is to no purpoſe: thou muſt either turn or burn. Neither will it help thee to return fainedly; for I love truth in the inward parts, and hate hypocriſie, halting, and tepidity. If therefore thou wilt return.

Return unto me] Return as far as to me; not from one evil courſe to another, chap. 2.36. (for that is but to be toſſed, as a ball, from one of the devils hands to the other) but to me with thy whole heart, ſeriouſly, ſincerely and zealouſly: for Non amat, qui non zelat. To a tyrant thou ſhalt not turn, but to one that will both aſſiſt thee, Prov. 1.23. and accept thee, Zach. 1.2.

And if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my ſight] i. e. Thine Idols out of thine houſe and out of thine heart, Ezek. 14.3, 4.

Then ſhalt thou not remove] But ſtill dwell in the land and do good; feeding on faith, as Tremellius rendreth that, Pſal. 37.3.