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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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33 At the same time was mine understanding restored unto me, and I returned to the honour of my kingdom: my glory and my beauty was restored unto me, and my counsellors and my Princes sought unto me, and I was established in my kingdom, and my glory was augmented towards me.
33 At the same tyme was myne vnderstandyng restored vnto me, and I returned to the honour of my kingdome: my glory and my beauty was restored vnto me, and my counsaillers and my Princes sought vnto me, and I was established in my kingdome, and my glory was augmented towardes me.
Here doth Nebuchadnezzar declare more copiously that which he had touched briefly before, that is to say, that he had recovered his wit again: and so doth he commend the mercy of God, because he was content with a small temporal correction, & at the length gave him his merciful hand to make him a man again of a brute beast. Not that he was changed into a beast (as is said already) but because he was brought to that shameful misery that he was like the wild beasts, and fed also with them. Wherefore that deformity was so horrible that the restoring might be called as it were a new creation: and therefore Nebuchadnezzar doth so much celebrate this grace of God not without cause. Therefore, in that time mine understanding was restored to me. He had spoken this once but because understanding & reason is an inestimable benefit of God, Nebuchadnezzar doth inculcate this sentence, & doth confess that he had tried the singular grace of God, because he was restored to his mind again. And he doth also add, that he was restored to his honour, and to the excellency of his kingdom, because he