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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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10 Now the Queen by reason of the talk of the king and his Princes, came into the banquet house, and the Queen spake, and said: O king live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed. 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy Gods, and in the days of ⟨image 92⟩thy father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the Gods was found in him: whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father the king I say, thy father made chief of the Enchanters, Astrologians, Chaldees, and Soothsayers.
10 Now the Queene by reason of the talke of the kyng and hys Princes, came into the banket house, and the Queene spake, and sayd: O kyng lyue for euer: let not thy thoughtes trouble thee, nor let thy countenaunce be chaunged. 11 There is a man in thy kingdome, in whom is the spirit of the holy Gods, and in the dayes of ⟨image 92⟩thy father, light and vnderstanding and wisedome lyke the wisedome of the Gods was found in hym: whom the kyng Nebuchadnezer thy father the kyng I say, thy father made chiefe of the Enchaunters, Astrologians, Chaldees, and Soothsayers.
Here Daniel declareth, by what occasion he was brought before the king: that he might read and interpret the writing. He saith that this was done by the Queen. Men doubt whether it was the wife of king Beltsazar, or his grandmother: but it is probable that the woman was now old which speaketh of the time of king Nebuchadnezzar. Albeit this conjecture peradventure is not very certain: therefore it is better here to suspend the judgement hereof, then to judge any thing rashly, but that we saw before that his wife sat at the table with him. But we must diligently note that which we may surely gather by the words of the Prophet, that is, that the kings ingratitude is cast him in the teeth, that he did not send for Daniel among the Mages, Chaldees, and Astrologians.