Esther 4

Esther 4:1

WIth ashes] see upon Iosh. 7. 6. Iob 2. 12. Ezech.7. 30.

Esther 4:8

To charge her] in Mordcai his name, who was in a fathers stead to Ester.

Esther 4:11

One Law] he is condemned to death without any remission by an immutable and irrevocable sentence which is of as much force as Law, Daniel 2:9.

Esther 4:14

Shall bee destroyed] some notable judgement of God will fall upon thee and thine, because of thy base and scareull courage.

Esther 4:16

Neither eat] that is to say, doe not take your ordinary repasts, but eat sparingly and afflict your soules in token of repentance, which is the true companion and assistant of prayer: [I perish] I will embrace my death quietly, seeing I cannot avoide it without failing in my duty, unlesse that God be pleased to heare our common prayers, see Genesis 43:14.