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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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Chap. 4. The Text.
Chap. 4. The Texte.
1 I Nebuchadnezzar being at rest in mine house and flourishing in my palace, §52 Saw a dream which made me afraid, and thoughts upon my ⟨p. 39⟩bed and the visions of mine head troubled me. §63 Therefore made I a decree that they should bring all the wise men of Babel before me, that they might declare unto me the interpretation of the dream.
1 I Nebuchadnezer beyng at rest in myne house and flourishyng in my palace, §52 Saw a dreame which made me afrayde, and thoughtes vppon my ⟨p. 39⟩bed and the visions of myne head troubled me. §63 Therefore made I a decree that they should bryng all the wise men of Babel before me, that they might declare vnto me the interpretation of the dreame.
Here doth Nebuchadnezzar declare how he did know the high God at length. He doth not show what lessons he had received before, but because his pride was tamed at length by this dream, therefore doth he only make mention thereof. Yet there is no doubt but he called into memory also his former dreams and condemned him self of ingratitude, that he had buried so great power of God, and that he had blotted out with wicked oblivion so great benefits as God had given him. Here then only he speaketh of the last dream, as we shall see afterward. But before he come to the dream, he saith: that he was quiet. Whereby he noteth the circumstance of the time, that we may know that he was corrected of God because prosperity had made him drunken, and as it were brought him in sleep. It is no marvel though it were so with him: for it is an old proverb, that fullness engendereth fierceness, as we do see horses when they are much pampered, to kick, to be fierce and not to abide the rider. The same also is seen amongest men. For if God treat them favourably and bountifully, they wax fierce, they are outrageous against all men, they shake of the yoke of God him self, and in the end they forget that they are men. And seeing David did so, what will profane men do, or such as are over much addicted to the word? For David doth confess that he was deceived with his quietness and felicity, that he thought nothing was more to be feared: