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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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4 So came the enchanters, the Astrologians, the Chaldeans and the Soothsayers, to whom I told the dream, but they could not show me the interpretation thereof.
4 So came the enchaunters, the Astrologians, the Chaldeans and the Southsayers, to whom I told the dreame, but they could not shew me the interpretation therof.
Here Nebuchadnezzar doth confess that the Mages were called in vain. Whereby it appeareth that all their knowledge was deceivable: or at the least that Daniel could expound the dream that came not by mans study or industry, but by an heavenly revelation. And I do embrace this sentence, that Nebuchadnezzar would express plainly that Daniel was taught by God to interpret dreams, & that this was a singular gift of his spirit. For he doubted not but that if there were any art of divination, his Mages, enchanters, and Chaldees which boasted upon the title of perfect knowledge, had it. This then was without controversy with him, that they knew all things that man could know, and seeing they could not know this thing, it appeared that Daniel was taught of God, and so Nebuchadnezzar did extol him above all the Mages, as though he should ⟨image 53⟩say that he was a Prophet from heaven, as appeareth afterward.
Here Nebuchadnezer doth confesse that the Mages were called in vayne. Whereby it appeareth that all their knowledge was deceiuable: or at ye least that Daniel could expounde the dreame that came not by mans study or industry, but by an heauenly reuelation. And I do embrace this sentence, that Nebuchadnezer would expresse plainly that Daniel was taught by God to interprete dreames, & that this was a singular gift of his spirite. For he doubted not but that if there were any arte of diuination, his Mages, enchaunters, and Chaldees which boasted vpon the title of perfect knowledge, had it. This then was without controuersie with him, that they knew all thinges that man could know, and seyng they could not know this thyng, it appeared that Daniel was taught of God, and so Nebuchadnezer did extoll him aboue all the Mages, as though he should