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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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24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied ⟨image 42⟩and rose up in hast, and spake, and said unto his counsellors: did not we cast three men bound into the midest of the fire? Who answered and said unto the king: It is true, o king.
24 Then Nebuchadnezer the king was astonied ⟨image 42⟩and rose vp in hast, and spake, and sayd vnto his counsellers: did not we cast three men bound into the midest of the fire? Who answered and sayd vnto the king: It is true, o king.
Daniel doth declare that the power of God was manifest to the heathen men, both to the king himself and to his courtiers, who had conspired unto the death of these holy persons. He saith therefore that the king trembled at this miracle: like as God many times compelleth the wicked to acknowledge his power. How so ever they do amaze themselves and harden all their senses, yet will they nill they, they are compelled to feel Gods power. Daniel declareth that this came to pass to king Nebuchadnezzar. He trembled therefore and did arise hastily and spake unto his counsellors, saying: Have we not cast three men bound into the furnace? And they answered, it is so. Where it is no doubt, but that both Nebuchadnezzar was compelled by Gods secret inspiration thus to demand, and they also thus to confess. For Nebuchadnezzar might have come straight way to the furnace, but God would wring this confession out of his enemies mouths, that they together with their king should grant, that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were delivered by no earthly means, but by a rare and marvellous power of God. Let us note therefore that the wicked were witnesses of Gods power, not willingly, but because God did put into the kings mouth this question, and also because he did not suffer them to speak any thing but the truth.