John Trapp on Jeremiah 5:7

Ver. 7. How ſhall I pardon thee for this?] How with the ſafety of mine honour and juſtice? Swearing then by creatures (as by our Lady, by St. Anne, by this light, &c.) or by Idols, (as by the Maſſe, by the Rood. &c.) or by qualities (as by Faith, Troth, &c.) is not ſo ſmall a ſin as many deem it: ſith God maketh here a great queſtion how he can pardon it. For why? it is a forſaking of him, a giving away his honour to another, a diſgrace done to a mans ſelf (ſith we alwaies ſwear by the greater, Heb. 6.16.) and a means to procure his utter mine, without Gods greater mercy, Amos 6.14. Zeph. 1.3, 4, 5. Men ſport themſelves with oaths, as the Philiſtines did with Sampſon: which will at laſt pull the houſe about their ears, Zach. 5.4.

When I fed them to the full, they then committed adultery] Fulneſſe in good men oft breeds forgetfulneſſe, and in bad men, filthineſ[illegible: 1 letter]. Gula veſtibulum luxuriae, gluttony is the gallery that incontinency walketh through. The Iſraelites ate and drank and roſe up to play, ſc. with their Midianitiſh Miſtriſſes, to the provoking of Gods fierce wrath. Fulneſs of bread made way to Sodoms ſin. Lunatikes, when the Moon is declining and in the wain, are ſober enough: but when full, more wild and exorbitant. Ceres and Bacchus are great friends to Venus, &c. Watch therefore, and feed with fear.

And aſſembled themſelves by troops] Heb. they trooped themſelves: Libido effrons & plu[illegible: 1 letter] quam pecuina. ſuch was their impudency.