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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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It followeth: And they shall drive thee from amongest men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee eat grass like the oxen. That some men think that Nebuchadnezzar was transformed into a beast, it is to great an absurdity. Therefore we need not to imagine any such metamorphosis: but that he was so cast forth of mans company, that except only mans shape, he differed nothing from brute beasts. Yea there came such a deformity upon him in that exile, that he was horrible to look upon: as we shall see afterward, that all the hairs of his body did grow as the feathers grow upon the Eagles, and his nails did grow like birds claws. This had he common with the beasts and birds: in the rest he was like a man. For we know not whether God did strike this king with madness, so that he ran away and hid himself for a space, or whether he were cast forth by tumult and the conspiracy of his nobles, or by the consent of the whole people. This we do not know, because the histories of those times are unknown unto us.
It followeth: And they shall driue thee from amongest mē, and thy dwelling shalbe wyth the beastes of the fielde, and they shall make thee eate grasse like the oxen. That some mē thinke that Nebuchadnezer was transformed into a beast, it is to great an absurdity. Therefore we néede not to imagine any such metamorphosis: but that he was so cast forth of mans company, that except onely mans shape, he differed nothing from brute beastes. Yea there came such a deformity vpon hym in that exile, that he was horrible to looke vpon: as we shall sée afterward, that all the heares of hys body did grow as the fethers grow vpon the Egles, and hys nayles did grow like birdes clawes. Thys had he common wyth the beastes and birdes: in the rest he was lyke a man. For we know not whether God did strike this kyng with madnes, so that he ranne away and hid hymselfe for a space, or whether he were cast forth by tumult and the conspiracy of hys nobles, or by the consent of the whole people. Thys we do not know, because the histories of those times are vnknowen vnto vs.
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