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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
22 And thou his son Beltsazar hast not humbled thy hart, though thou have known all this.
22 And thou his sonne Beltsazar hast not humbled thy hart, though thou haue knowne all this.
Here Daniel declareth to what end he hath rehearsed that which we have heard hitherto of the punishment of king Nebuchadnezzar. Beltsazar ought to have been so moved with that example in his own family, that he should have submitted him self unto God. Now it is credible that his father Evilmerodah had also forgotten that punishment: yet because he did not deal so dissolutely against God, neither did he reproach the true and sincere Religion, God did spare the miserable tyrant which did retain him self in some mediocrity. But as concerning his nephew Beltsazar, he was altogether intolerable: therefore God striketh kim. This is it that the Prophet now teacheth: Thou art his son (saith he). He urgeth him with this circumstance, because he needed not to fetch an example far from strange nations, when he might know at home that thing which was mete and necessary to be known. And he doth also amplify the crime after an other sort, when he saith: Thou diddest know all this. For men use to pretend ignorance for a shield, when they extenuate their faults and excuse their ⟨p. 88⟩crimes: but they which wittingly and willingly do offend, want all excuse. The Prophet therefore convinceth this king of manifest contumacy: as though he should say, that he had provoked Gods wroth of set purpose, because he was not ignorant how great and how horrible a judgement doth belong to all proud persons, in that he hath such a wonder full notable example in his grandfather, which should always have been in his remembrance.