John Trapp on Jeremiah 8:6

Ver. 6. I hearkened and heard] Or, I have liſtened to hear; but could not yet hear them liſp out one ſyllable of ſavoury language.

No man repented of his wickedneſſe] No nor ſo much as reflected, or turned ſhort again upon himſelf to take a reveiw of his former evil practices: which yet is the very firſt thing in repentance, 2 Chron. 6.37. Luk. 15.17.

Saying, What have I done] The Pythagoreans once a day put this queſtion to themſelves. And the Oratour thus beſpoke his adverſary Nevius, Si haec duo tecum verba reputaſſes Quid ago? reſpiraſſet cupiditas & avaritia paululum: Cicero orat. pro Quintio. that is, hadſt thou but ſaid thoſe two words to thy ſelf, What do I? thy luſt and covetouſneſs would thereby have been cooled and qualified.

Every one turned to his courſe as a horſe ruſheth] Heb. ruſheth with as much violence as an overflowing flood. Hinc apparet fructus liberi arbitrii, ſaith Oecolampadius: See here the fruit of free-will, and what man will do being left to himſelf. Carnal affections are forcible and furious: Plato himſelf ſaw, and could ſay as much,In Phad[illegible: 1 letter]o. when he compared concupiſcence to an headſtrong horſe, that runneth away with his rider, and cannot be ruled.