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John Trapp on Jeremiah 5:13

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Jeremiah5:13

Ver. 13. And the Prophets ſhall become wind] All their threats and bugbear-tearms (deviſed on purpoſe to affright ſilly people, who are no wiſer then to believe them) ſhall come to nothing: [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Hom. they are but bullatae nugae, bruta fulmina, bubbles of words, brute light-bolts: both they and their menaces ſhall vaniſh together, they ſhall blow over.

Thus ſhall it be done unto them] The evils that they foretell ſhall befall themſelves, not us: & nos male mulctabimus ipſos, and we will ſee them ſoundly puniſhed for falſe Prophets. Poor Jeremy was ill-handled amongſt them many times, as we ſhall ſee in ſundry Chapters following. Hoc fuit [non-Latin text not transcribed], &c.

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