John Trapp on Zechariah 7:6

Verſe 6. And when ye did cat and when ye did drink] q. d. In all your actions natural, civil, recreative, religious, you ſhould have ſought, ſerved, and ſet up me, you ſhould have done all to the glory of God, as ſaith the Apoſtle: you ſhould have eat, drunk and ſlept eternall life, as it was faid of a certain Scotch Divine. The way of life is above to the wife Prov. 15.24. he goes a higher way then h[illegible: 2 letters] neighbour, who contents himſelf with a natural uſe of the creature, but he can extract a ſpiritual. Grace is called the divine nature, as that which Elixir-like by contaction turns all into the ſame property with it ſelf: meat makes us not acceptable to God 1 Cor. 8.8. The kingdom of God conſiſts not in meats and dr[illegible: 1 letter]nks, Rom. 14.17. Howbeit the Iſraelites were commanded, as to faſt, ſo to feaſt [illegible: 2 letters]. forethe Lord; that is, in faith and obedience: & to do every thing from the heart, as unto him. This theſe Jews did not; and are therefore worthily blamed. From their feeding themſelves without fear of God, is concluded their no reſpect to him in their faſts and holy ſervices: ſith true goodneſſe is ever like it ſelf, and carries an uniformity in all proceedings.