Of. Zech. " Then the people shall lament, tribe by tribe ; the tribe of the Levites apart, and their wives apart ; the tribe of Judah apart, and their wives apart." As also after the mourning of the Christ even until now, on the ninth of the month of Ab, they read in -the Lamentations of Jeremiah, and assemble, and wail and lament. But the ninth is called ®, for the © indicates God ; therefore they lament about God, about the Christ who suffered ; but nevertheless on account of the Christ our Saviour, and about themselves and their perdition. Why, my brethren, doth a man lament, unless he be in mourning? Wherefore mourn ye also for them, on the Sabbath day of the Passover, until the third hour of the following evening ; and thereafter rejoice in His resurrection ; be glad and rejoice on their account ; cease your fast, and the remainder of