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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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8 Now O king, confirm the decree and seal ⟨image 110⟩the writing that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 9 Wherefore king Darius sealed the writing and the decree.
8 Now O king, confirme the decree and seale ⟨image 110⟩the writing that it be not chaunged, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 9 Wherefore kyng Darius sealed the writing and the decree.
Hereby (as I have said) it is most manifest how prone the minds of Princes are to be deluded, when they think that their authority should be increased and their honour augmented. For the king doth make no long disputation with his noble men, but signeth the decree: because he supposeth that this shall be profitable for him and his successors, if he might have the Chaldees so obedient unto him that they would be ready rather to deny all their Gods, then to refuse any thing that he commandeth.
Hereby (as I haue sayd) it is most manifest how prone the myndes of Princes are to be deluded, when they thinke that their authority should be encreased and their honour augmented. For the king doth make no long disputation wyth his noble men, but signeth the decrée: because he supposeth that this shalbe profitable for hym and his successors, if he might haue the Chaldees so obedient vnto hym that they would be ready rather to deny all their Gods, then to refuse any thing that he commaundeth.