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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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12 So they came and spake unto the king concerning the kings decree: Hast thou not sealed the decree that every man that shall make request to any God or man within thirty days, save to thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of Lyons? The king answered and said: the thing is true according to the law of the Medes and Persians that altereth not.
12 So they came and spake vnto the kyng concerning the kinges decree: Hast thou not sealed the decree that euery man that shal make request to any God or man within thirty dayes, saue to thee, O king, shalbe cast into the denne of Lyōs? The king aunswered and sayd: the thing is true accordyng to the law of the Medes and Persiās that altereth not.
Now the nobles of Darius do come as conquerors unto the king: but they come unto him craftily. For they do not straight way make mention of Daniel, who the knew was beloved of the king: but they begin to repeat again that which they had spoken, that the decree can not be changed because the law of the Medes and Persians is inviolable and can not be altered. Wherefore they ratify this decree again as much as in them lieth, that the king should not afterward be at liberty to change it, or be bold to call back that which ⟨p. 102⟩he had commanded. Wherefore this craft is to be noted, how cunningly they compass the king, and snare him that he should have no liberty to call back his word. They come therefore and treat of the kings decree. They speak never a word of Daniel, but begin to talk of the kings decree, that they may have yet more sure hold of the king. It followeth: That the king answered: the thing is true.