John Trapp on Jeremiah 9:23

Ver. 23. Let not the wiſe-man glory in his wiſdom] q. d. You bear your ſelves bold upon your wiſdom, wealth, ſtrength, and other ſuch ſeeming ſupports and deceitful foundations, as if theſe could ſave you from the evils threatned. But all theſe will prove like a ſhadow that declineth, delightful but deceitful; as will well appear at the hour of death. Charles the fifth (whom, of all men, the world [illegible: 1 letter]udged moſt happy) curſed his honours, (a little afore his death) his victories, trophees, and riches, ſaying Abite hinc, abite longe, get you far enough, for any good ye can now do me. Abi perdita beſtia quae me totum perdidiſti, be gone thou wretched creature, that haſt utterly undone me, ſaid Corn, Agrippa the Magician to his familiar ſpirit, when he lay a dying. So may many ſay of their worldly wiſdom, wealth, &c.

Let not the wiſe man glory] Let not thoſe of great parts be head-ſtrong or top-heavy: let them not think to wind out by their wiles and ſhifts.

Let not the mighty man glory] Fortitudo noſtra est infirmitatis in veritate cognitio, Aug. & in humilitate confeſſio.

Nor the rich man glory in his riches] Sith they availe not in the day of wrath, Zeph. 1.18. See the Note there.