John Trapp on Zechariah 8:11

Verſe 11. But now I will not be unto the reſidue &c.] Now that the Temple is well-nigh perfected, and ſo the cauſe of my diſpleaſure removed; the matter you ſee is already well amended, and ſhall be yet better; for there is a ſeries, a concatenation of Gods mercies, like the links in a chaine, every former drawes on a future, if we break not the chaine by our unthankfullneſſe.Pſal. 11[illegible: 1 letter].16. The right hand of the Lord ſhall change all this ſaith Hope, when it is at worſt. Flebile principium melior fortuna ſequetur. As when, tis in better caſe, it ſaith, Return to thy reſt, O my ſoule, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. It is well for the preſent, and yet it will be better hereafter. Fury is not in God: or if at any time it ſeem to be,Pſal. 103.9. yet he will not alwaies chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever. It is with God in ſome ſort as it was with David, whoſe ſoule longed to go forth unto Abſalom: 2 Sam. 13.39. for he was comforted concerning Amnon, ſeeing he was dead. Let the Lord but ſee the rainbow of repentance appearing in our hearts, and he will preſently be pacified: well he may waſh us, but he will never drown us.