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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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25 And he answered, and said: Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the son of God.
25 And he answered, and sayd: Lo, I see foure men loose, walking in the middes of the fire, and they haue no hurt, and the forme of the fourth is like the sonne of God.
There is no doubt but that God sent one of his Angels who by his presence might comfort the minds of these holy ⟨p. 30⟩men that they should not faint: for this was a fearful spectacle when they did see the furnace so flaming and them selves cast therein. God therefore would thus comfort their carefulness and mitigate their sorrow, when he sendeth an Angel to be their companion. We know sometimes that many Angels have been sent for the comfort of one man,1 as we read of Elisha. And this is a general rule: He hath given his Angels charge over thee, that they may keep thee in all thy ways. Again: The Angels pitch their tents round about those that fear God. The which sentences do chiefly belong unto Christ, but they are extended to the whole body of the Church and to every member thereof.
There is no doubt but that God sent one of his Angels who by his presence might comfort the mindes of these holy ⟨p. 30⟩