John Trapp on Ezra 6:13

Verſe 13. So they did ſpeedily] This they did, becauſe they durſt do no otherwiſe: their obedience was wrung out of them, as verjuice is out of a crab, or as diſtilled water is forced out by the heat of the fire. Thus ſome performe duties, and yet hate them; part with ſins, and yet love them. Shew the malefactour the rack, and he will ſay or do any thing. This is, to feare God for his Lions, as thoſe Mongrels did, 2 Kings 17.33, 34. t[illegible: 3 letters]re-ſ[illegible: 1 letter]rvili, non [illegible: 1 letter]micali, Beda. which yet may addere alas, left they fall under the laſh, the correction of the Law, for refuſing the direction thereof.