Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Jeremiah
Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: 45
Overview:
An encouragement sent to
Baruch.
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Baruch was employed in
Writing Jeremiah's prophecies, and
reading them, see Jer 36, and was threatened for it
By the
King. Young beginners in religion are apt to be discouraged with
little difficulties, which they commonly meet with at first in
the service of
God. These complaints and fears came from his
corruptions.
Baruch had raised his expectations too high in this
world, and that made the distress and trouble he was in harder
to be borne. The frowns of the world would not disquiet us, if
we did not foolishly flatter ourselves with the hopes of its
smiles, and
Court and covet them. What a folly is it then to
seek great things for ourselves here, where every thing is
little, and nothing certain! The
Lord knows the real cause of
our fretfulness and despondency better than we do, and we should
Beg of him to examine our hearts, and to repress every wrong
desire in us.