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Commentaries of the divine John Calvin, upon the prophet Daniel, translated into English, especially…Commentaries of the diuine Iohn Caluine, vpon the prophet Daniell, translated into Englishe, especially…
Commentaries of the divine John Calvin, upon the prophet Daniel, translated into English, especially for the use of the family of the right honourable Earle of Huntingdon, to set forth as in a glass, how one may profitably read the Scriptures, by considering the text, meditating the sense thereof, and by prayerCommentaries of the diuine Iohn Caluine, vpon the prophet Daniell, translated into Englishe, especially for the vse of the family of the ryght honorable Earle of Huntingdon, to set forth as in a glasse, how one may profitably read the Scriptures, by consideryng the text, meditatyng the sense therof, and by prayer
London: printed by John Daye, 1570London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1570
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44 And in the days of these kings, shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and this kingdom shall not be given to an other people, but it shall break and destroy all the other kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
44 And in the dayes of these kinges, shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome which shall neuer be destroyed: and this kingdome shall not be geuen to an other people, but it shall breake and destroy all the other kingdomes, and it shall stād for euer.
The God of heaven shall then raise up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, neither shall this kingdom be given to an other people: it shall destroy all, and it self shall for ever. The which comfortable promise of this eternal kingdom, doth not only pertain to the person of Christ, who is the only king that liveth and reigneth for ever, but also to his Church, which is the whole body of his kingdom, to all his people and subjects, and to every particular member and person of the same. Thus doth this eternal king communicate his eternity to all his, because he will have always a kingdom in this world, though the world can not always see it, and he doth regenerate all his true subjects of this kingdom with his eternal spirit into everlasting life, to reign with him in his kingdom for ever. Therefore the perpetuity of this kingdom of Christ is true after two sorts, besides the eternity that is in the person of Christ: first in the whole body, which is the Church: who though it be often times so scattered that it do not appear in mans eyes, yet doth it never utterly perish, but God doth preserve it by his secret and incomprehensible wisdom and power, so that it shall remain for