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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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20 Whereas the king saw a watchman and an holy one that came down from heaven and said: Hew down the tree, and destroy it, yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth and with a band of iron & brass bind it among the grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of ⟨p. 51⟩the field, till seven times pass over him. §2421 This is the interpretation O king, and it is the decree of the most high which is come upon my Lord the king.
20 Whereas the kyng saw a watchman and an holy one that came downe from heauē and sayd: Hew downe the tree, and destroy it, yet leaue the stumpe of the rootes therof in ye earth and with a band of yron & brasse bynde it among the grasse of the fielde, and let it bee wet with the dew of heauen, and let his portion be with the beastes of ⟨p. 51⟩the field, till seuen tymes passe ouer him. §2421 This is the interpretation O kyng, and it is the decree of the most hye which is come vppon my Lord the kyng.
Daniel here prosecuteth the matter that he began, with great liberty and constancy, saying, that the king of Babylon this great tree must be cut down. He calleth him Lord, and that unfeignedly: but because he was the Ambassador of the high king, he doubteth not to lift up his words, and to set out his message committed unto him with a more high stile. For this is the common use of all the Prophets, to rise up stoutly against the mountains and the hills, as is said in Jeremiah: