The restitution of King Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 4. Verses. 31. 32. 33. 34. By Henry…The restitution of King Nabuchadnezzer Dan. 4. Verses. 31. 32. 33. 34. By Henrie…

When all the blessings were gone which he should have been thankful for, he thought God was no body, until he became like no body himself: and then who but God, no power but of him, no honour but from him, his first honour came from God, as well as the last, but then he was like a ⟨image 20⟩beast, which knoweth not his owner: like a babe, which knoweth not his father: like an Image, which knoweth not his maker. But now he knoweth from whom kingdoms come, and hath learned to say, Thy kingdom, as well as my kingdom: and is like the Elders in the Revelation, which cast down their crowns before the Lamb: such a schoolmaster is affliction, to teach that which prophets & angels cannot teach. For the Prophet and his dream had told him as much before: yet he could never say, The Lord hath given, before he saw the Lord had taken. They say, a friend is never known before he be lost: so when God fled, Nebuchadnezzar followed, but when God called, Nebuchadnezzar contemned ⟨image 21⟩when he hath all things, he is unthankful, and when he hath nothing, he beginneth to be thankful. So we must learn Gods love, out of Gods wrath: spell his goodness, out of his justice. Therefore we preach judgement to you, to make you fly unto mercy: we denounce the law against you, to make you love the Gospel: We show you hell, to make you seek heaven: because we are all like Pharaoh's sorcerers. Though we receive never so much, yet we never say, The finger of God hath done this, but when he beginneth to plague us, then we cry, the finger of God hath done this: therefore if we will not be invited, it is good to be compelled. To conclude, he which made Nebuchadnezzar a king, ⟨image 21⟩when he was like a beast, is he that makes them rich, which were poor, and he which makes them free, that were bond, and he which makes them beloved, that were hated, and he which makes them wise, that were rude, and he which makes them whole, that were sick, they must stay a time, seven days, or seven weeks, or seven months, or seven years, as Nebuchadnezzar did, when they are ready for it, it will come suddenly, as the Angels came to refresh Christ so soon as he was hungry: yet a little while, yet a little longer, comfort is on foot, and that God which is coming, will come, as the sun which was rising, is risen. For as Nebuchadnezzar said, mine honour is restored to me: