John Trapp on Jeremiah 7:4

Ver. 4. Truſt ye not in lying words] Or, matters, ſc. that will deceive you. The ſhips Triumph, Cic. in Vatinuim. or Good-ſpeed, may be ventorum ludibrium, and miſcarry upon the hard rocks, or ſoft ſands: ſo, fair ſhews and bare titles help not. Vatinius that wicked Roman profeſſed himſelf a Pythagorean, and vicious Antipater wore a white cloak, the enſign of innocency. This was virtutis ſtragulam pudefacere, ſaid Diogenes wittily, to put honeſty to an open ſhame.

The Temple of the Lord, the Temple—are theſe] i. e. Theſe buildings, or theſe three parts of the Temple, viz. the moſt holy place, the Sanctuary, and the outer Court. To theſe are made the Promiſes of Gods perpetual reſidence, Pſal. 132.14. therefore we are ſafe from all danger, whileſt here we take ſanctuary. See Mic. 3.11. The Romiſh crew in like manner have nothing in their mouths ſo much as the Church, Eccleſiam ad ravim uſque crepant catholicam. the Church, the Catholick Church: and therein, like Oyſter-wives, they out-cry us. Many alſo amongſt our ſelves cry the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, who do yet nothing care for the Lord of the Temple. They glory in external priviledges, and ſecure themſelves therein, as the Jews fable that Og King of Baſhan eſcaped in the flood by riding aſtride upon the Ark without. But what profiteth it Reſpicere ad phaleras, & nomina vana Catonum? Eſſe Chriſtianum grande eſt, non videri, ſaith Hierom. It's a great priviledge to be a Chriſtian, but not to ſeem only to be ſo. An empty title yeeldeth but an empty comfort at laſt.