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John Trapp on Jeremiah 9:4

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Jeremiah9:4

Ver. 4. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour] Sith there is ſcarce any to be truſted. The Poets tell us that when Pallas had taught people to build an houſe,N[illegible: 1 letter]n hoſpes ab hoſpite tutus. Ovid. Momus found this fault with it, that it was fixed to a place and not ſet upon wheeles: to the end that if men liked not their neighbourhood, they might remove at pleaſure. A good neighbour is a rare bird.

And truſt ye not in any brother] See Mich. 7.5, 6. with the Notes.

For every brother will utterly ſupplant] Singula verba hic habent pondus & pathos ingens: Here each word hath its weight: each ſyllable its ſubſtance.Fratrum quoque gratia rara eſt. Ovid.

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