John Trapp on Zechariah 8:19

Verſe 19. The faſt of the fourth moneth] wherein the city was taken 2 Kings 25, 3.

and the faſt of the fift, and the faſt of the ſeventh] See [illegible: 1 span]

and the faſt of the tenth] Wherein Jeruſalem was firſt [illegible: 1 span] 25.1. This laſt mentioned was firſt taken up, upon a like [illegible: 1 span] Conſtantinople (when the city was beſieged by the [illegible: 1 span] advertiſed of the enemies purpoſe for a general [illegible: 1 span] mended the defence of himſelf and the city to the [illegible: 1 span] Turk. hiſt. [illegible: 1 word] 345. and prayer: and afterwards appointed every Captain and [illegible: 1 span] certain place of the wall for defence thereof.

ſhall be to the houſe of Iudah joy and [illegible: 1 word] ] God [illegible: 1 span] into feaſting, all their ſadneſſe into gladneſſe, all their [illegible: 1 span] their tears into triumphs: and ſo gives [illegible: 1 span] about Faſting after a larger and moſt [illegible: 1 word] preface [illegible: 1 span] and making much more to their benefit and [illegible: 1 span] main queſtion propoſed by them to the Prophet. [illegible: 1 span] this with them by way of [illegible: 1 span]

therefore love the truth [illegible: 1 word] ] [illegible: 1 span] and the ceremonious obſervation [illegible: 1 span] wherein ye placed ſo much holineſſe) aboliſhed [illegible: 1 span] on, the duties of Piety and [illegible: 1 span] your ſelves and though of a good [illegible: 1 span] an evil [illegible: 1 span] much adoe about them, with neglect or the one thing neceſſary. And now learn and [illegible: 1 span] the love of the truth that ye may he ſaved 2 Theſ. 2.10 to ſpeak the [illegible: 1 word] love Eph. 4.15. to do the truth 1 John. 1.6. [illegible: 1 span] leſt your lives give [illegible: 1 span] the lie. So will God ſay, Surely they are my people, children [illegible: 1 word] will not [illegible: 1 span] will be your Saviour. Eſay 63.8. So ſhal there [illegible: 1 span] your [illegible: 1 word] Should we have peace upon any tearms, peace without truth, it world be [illegible: 1 span] ſhort [illegible: 1 word] between the Egyptian plagues. Peace we may [illegible: 1 span] yea peace we may have to buy turth: but we may not give truth to [illegible: 1 span] He purchaſeth peace at too dear a rate, that payes his integrity to get [illegible: 1 span] it be paſſible,Rom. 12. Eſay. 32. as much in you lies, have peace with all men[illegible: 1 letter] But if you [illegible: 1 span] but with loſs of truth, and ſhip-wrack of conſcience, let it go. And [illegible: 1 word] long the [illegible: 1 word] righteouſneſſe ſhall be peace, God wil make thine enemies to be at peace with thee. The Hiſtorian tells us, that Numa's Temple of [illegible: 1 word] had this inſcription [non-Latin text not transcribed]. The Temple of faith and peace: But Faith friſt, and then Peace. Keep in with God that he be not a terrour to thee (as Ieremie prayes) and then ſeek peace with men and enſue it, 1 Pet 3.10.11. as ever thou deſireſt long life, and good dayes cheerful feaſts, as here in the text, (called good dayes, Eſth. 8.17.) as ever thou hopeſt to have the Calender of thy life crowned with many feſtivals.