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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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22 They shall drive thee from men, & thy dwelling place shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make thee to eat grass as the oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee till thou know that the most high beareth rule over the kingdom of men.
22 They shall driue thee from men, & thy dwellyng place shalbe with the beastes of the field. They shall make thee to eate grasse as the oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heauē, and seuen tymes shall passe ouer thee till thou know that the most hye beareth rule ouer the kyngdome of men.
The verse that went before did say, that this dream did belong to the king Nebuchadnezzar. And it was meet so to be expressed, for this was a heavy and a sharp message to the king. And we know how hardly kings can bear, not only to be brought into order, but also to be summoned before Gods judgement seat, there to be beaten down with shame & reproach. For we know that prosperity doth make, even common persons drunken. What can come unto kings then, but that they forgetting them selves to be men, should exempt them selves from all incommodities and griefs, because they do not think that they are of the common condition with men? Wherefore, because Nebuchadnezzar could hardly bear this message, therefore did ⟨p. 52⟩the Prophet admonish him in few words, that the cutting down of the tree was but a figure of that ruin and fall which he shortly should have. This doth he prosecute with moe words, and saith: They shall cast thee from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with the wild beasts.