John Trapp on Jeremiah 8:22

Ver. 22. Is there no balm in Gilead?] Yes ſurely, there or nowhere: in Gilead grew a balſom good to make ſalves for all ſores, they ſay. This balſam grew there only in two large gardens, which belonged to the King. The nature of the tree could not abide iron but preſently dyed, if cut never ſo ſmall a depth: they uſed therefore glaſſe, bone-knives, ſharp ſtones, to get the gumme out of the tree.

Is there no Phyſician there?] Or, no Chirurgion there, where this medicinal ſimple ſo aboundeth? but this peoples ſorrow is immedicable, their diſeaſe deſperate—doctâ plus valet arte malum. The balm of the ſoul is Prayer, ſaith the Chaldee Paraphraſt; is Repentance, ſaith Hierom[illegible: 1 letter] is Chriſt applyed by faith, ſay we: Sanguis medici eſt curatio phrenetici. To this Almighty Phyſician, no diſeaſe can be incurable.