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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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23 Where as they said, that they should leave the stumple of the tree roots, thy kingdom shall remain unto thee: after that, thou shalt know, that the heavens have the rule.
23 Where as they sayd, that they should leaue the stumple of the tree rootes, thy kingdome shall remayne vnto thee: after that, thou shalt know, that the heauens haue the rule.
Here Daniel doth end the interpretation of the dream, and teacheth that God will not so severely deal with the king Nebuchadnezzar, but that he will leave some place for his mercy. Therefore he doth mitigate the great rigour of the punishment, that Nebuchadnezzar hoping for pardon, might call upon God and repent, as there shall follow afterward a more evident exhortation. But now Daniel doth prepare him to repentance, when he saith that the ⟨image 66⟩kingdom shall remain unto him. For God could have cast him out of mans company, so that he might alway have remained with the wild beasts. He might also have cast him straight way out of the world: but this is a sign of clemency, that he will restore him not only unto some mean state, but to his own dignity, as though he had been alway upright. Therefore we see that this dream had been profitable to king Nebuchadnezzar, if he had not despised the admonition of the holy Prophet: yea if he had not been unthankful unto God. For Daniel did not only forewarn him of the calamity which hanged over his head, but also he brought the message of reconciliation. God therefore had taught him profitably, had he not been stubborn and despised to learn, as the most part of men commonly do.