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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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Biblical commentary book of Daniel › Chapter 4 › Part › Meditation
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Afterward he saith, that the Angel cried with a loud voice: Cut down the tree, beat down the leaves, break of the branches, scatter abroad the fruit, and let the beasts fly from ⟨p. 45⟩the shadow thereof, and let not the fowls of the air breed in the branches. God would express by this figure that the king Nebuchadnezzar should for a time become like a beast. Neither may we think it any absurdity, although it be something strangely spoken, that the tree is named to be spoiled of mans hart, for Daniel doth now turn from the allegory. Yea Nebuchadnezzar himself had the dream so in an allegory, that God yet mixed something whereby he might gather some other thing to be noted under the figure of the tree. The Angel therefore commandeth mans hart to be taken from the tree after it was cut down, and his boughs and fruits spoiled. Then doth he command the hart of a beast to be given unto it, that his portion may be with the wild beasts of the field. But because this must be repeated again, I pass it now the more lightly.
Afterward he sayth, that the Angell cryed wyth a loude voyce: Cut downe the tree, beat downe the leaues, breake of the braunches, scatter abroad the fruite, and let the beasts flye frō ⟨p. 45⟩the shadow thereof, and let not the foules of the ayre breede in the braunches. God would expresse by thys figure that the kyng Nebuchadnezer should for a tyme become lyke a beast. Neyther may we thinke it any absurdity, although it be somethyng straungely spoken, that the trée is named to be spoyled of mans hart, for Daniel doth now turne frō the alligory. Yea Nebuchadnezer himselfe had the dreame so in an alligory, that God yet mixed something whereby he might gather some other thing to be noted vnder the figure of the trée. The Angell therefore commaundeth mans hart to be taken from the trée after it was cut downe, and hys boughes and fruites spoyled. Then doth he commaund the hart of a beast to be geuen vnto it, that hys portion may be wyth the wylde beastes of the fielde. But because this must be repeated agayne, I passe it now the more lightly.