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DAN. 4. 28. &c. 28 While the word was in his mouth, a voice came from heaven saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee be it spoken, thy Kingdom is departed from thee. 29 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the b•astes of the field, they shall make thee to eat grass with the Oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou knowest that the most highest God beareth rule over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 30 The very same hour was this thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as the Oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of ⟨p. 384⟩heaven, till his hairs were grown as Eagles feathers, and his nails as birds claws.

DAN. 4. 28. &c. 28 While the worde was in his mouth, a voice came from heauen saying, O King Nabuchadnezzar, to thee be it spoken, thy Kingdome is departed from thee. 29 And they shall driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the b•astes of the field, they shall make thee to eate grasse with the Oxen, and seuen times shall passe ouer thee, vntill thou knowest that the most highest God beareth rule ouer the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whomsoeuer he will. 30 The very same houre was this thing fulfilled vpon Nabuchadnezzar, and he was driuen from men, and did eate grasse as the Oxen, and his body was wet with the deawe of ⟨p. 384⟩heauen, till his haires were growne as Egles feathers, and his nailes as birds clawes.

From the 26. verse to the end of this Chapter, is laid down the pride, fall, and restitution of Nebuchadnezzar. The two first verses are like a banner of his Pride, which show him in his ruffling as it were in the air, before he knew God, or himself. The three next verses are the discovery of his shame, which show him in his misery, as it were grovelling on the ground after God had cooled his courage. The four last verses are the celebration of his recovery, which show him in holiness as it were rapt into heaven, & singing with the Saints for joy, that GOD had brought him unto his knowledge, though it were through shame & trouble, & loss of all that he had seven years together. Of his pride we have heard already: yet because we are friends to vices as we are to men, so long as they prosper and flourish; but when they decay and fall, then we shrink away, and are ashamed of them: so it may be, if ye could see pride take a fall, though ye love her well, yet ye would forsake her, like a banquerout, when ye see that she can pleasure you no longer.