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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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13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his anger & wrath commanded that they should bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were ⟨image 35⟩brought before the King. 14 And Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, what disorder? Will not you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego serve my god, nor worship the golden image that I have set up? 15 Now therefore are ye ready, when ye hear the sound of the Cornet, Trumpet, Harp, Sackbut, Psaltery, and Dulcimer, and all instruments of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made? for if ye worship it not, ye shall be cast immediately into the midest of an hot fiery furnace: for who is that God that can deliver you out of my hands?
13 Then Nebuchadnyzer in his anger & wrath commaunded that they should bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were ⟨image 35⟩brought before the King. 14 And Nebuchadnezer spake and sayd vnto them, what disorder? Will not you, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednegoserue my god, nor worship the golden image that I haue set vp? 15 Now therefore are ye ready, when ye heare the sound of the Cornet, Trumpet, Harpe, Sackbut, Psalterie, and Dulcimer, and all instrumēts of musicke, to fall downe and worship the image which I haue made? for if ye worship it not, ye shalbe cast immediatly into the midest of an hote fiery fornace: for who is that God that can deliuer you out of my handes?
This history doth evidently declare unto us, that Princes in dissembling some Religion have only regard to their own authority, that they may the better thrust in them selves into the place of the Gods. For this is a monstrous matter, that king Nebuchadnezzar doth here brag against all the Gods, as though there were no power in heaven, but that which he alloweth. What God (saith he) can deliver you out of my hand? And why then did be worship any other God? For this cause verily, to hold the people in with some bridle, and so to establish his tyranny: not that he had any care of holiness in his hart. Daniel doth declare that the king was angry at the beginning. For nothing is more grievous to kings then to see their authority despised. They will be obeyed in all things, though their commandments be most wicked.