Jeremiah 18:3

Jer 18:3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

Ver. 3. Then I went down to the potter’s house.] a God’s commands must be obeyed without sciscitation. Jeremiah saw that verbal teaching without signs would not work upon his hearers; he is therefore ready to do anything, or to go any whither, for their eternal good.

And, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. ] So the poet -

“ Amphora coepit

Institui, currente rota, cur urceus exit? ”

- Hor. De Art. Poet.

a Officiose paret.