John Trapp on Nehemiah 9:18

Verſe 18. Yea when they had made them a Golden Calf] An ounce whereof the Jews ſay is ſtill to this day in all the puniſhments that befall them: though ſome of their Rabbines have the face to excuſe this groſſe Idolatry of their fore-fathers. See Act. 7.41. [non-Latin text not transcribed],Piſcat. Vitulificarunt.

And ſaid, this is thy God] Exod. 32.4. Theſe be thy Gods. It was the Serpents Grammar that firſt taught men to decline God in the plurall number: Ye ſhall be as Gods, Gen. 3.

That brought thee out of the Land of Egypt] Some of them then did mean to worſhip the true God, in this falſe manner: hence Exod. 32.5. there is proclaimed a feaſt (not to the Golden Calf, but) to Jehovah. Here then falls to the ground the Papiſts plea for their image-worſhip.

And had wrought great provocations] Or, Blaſphemies, 2 King. 19.3. Idolatry is no better. Hierome as oft as he meeteth with this Hebrew word in the book of Pſalmes (and that is five ſeverall times) he tranſlateth it, to balſpheme.