John Trapp on Jeremiah 9:1

CHAP. IX.

Ver. 1. OH that mine head were waters] Mira ſermonis transfiguratione utitur Propheta, A wonderful wiſh of this weeping Prophet, and to be taken up by Gods faithful Miniſters, conſidering the woful condition of their periſhing people, poſting to perdition. Pia eſt illa triſtitia, & ſi dici poteſt, beata miſeria, Epiſt. 545. ſaith Auguſtine; this is a ſweet ſorrow, a bleſſed miſery. Such waters will be turned into wine, at the wedding-day of the Lamb; for which purpoſe alſo they are kept ſafe in Gods bottle. Pſal. 56.8.

And mine eyes a fountain of teares] That there might be a perennity of them. The ſame word in Hebrew ſignifieth both an eye and a fountain: both becauſe the eye is of a watery conſtitution, and for that our eye ſhould trickle down and not ceaſe for our own and other mens ſins and miſeries. Athanaſius by his tears,Lam. 3.49. as by the bleeding of a chaſt vine, is ſaid to have cured the leproſie of that tainted age.Proborum virorum lachrymae ſunt peccatorum diluvium, & mundi piamentum. N[illegible: 1 letter]zlanzen. Orat. 3. Mandrae ſignifieth caves or holes.