John Trapp on Esther 9:27

Verſe 27. The Jewes ordained, and took upon them, and upon their ſeed] See ver. 23. Here we have a repetition of what was before recited, and this is uſual in holy Scripture, as Gen. 2.1. Exod. 15.19. that things of moment may take the deeper impreſſion. That of Auſtin is here to be remembred, Verba toties inculcata viva ſunt, vera ſunt, plana ſunt, ſana ſunt. Let Preachers do thus, and hearers be content to have it ſo: Nunquam ſatìs dicitur, quod nunquam ſatìs diſcitur. To write to you the ſame things, to me is not grievous, and for you it is ſafe, ſaith that great Apoſtle, Phil. 3.1.

And upon all ſuch as ſhould joyne themſelves unto them] Thoſe Proſelytes, chap, 8 17. or whatever hang-bies.

So as it ſhould not faile] But ſtand as a law inviolable. And yet that Octogeſimus octavus mirabilis annus, and that never to be forgotten fifth of November, are with us almoſt antiquated: little would oue think that God had ever done anything for us, either by land or by ſea, againſt either fire-works or water-works, Vae corpori noſtro.

That they would keep theſe two dayes] Keep them as before, by conſecrating a reſt, and feaſting before the Lord; not by gourmandizing and profane ſports, nor by running up and down from houſe to houſe as whifflers, and waſſailers,L[illegible: 1 letter]de[illegible: 1 letter]cerem. Iud. as at this day the Jewes manner is, witneſſe Antonius Margarita, a baptized Jew

According to their writing] i.e. Mordecai's order, by themſelves ſubſcribed and ratified.