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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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13 Then answered they and said unto the king: this Daniel which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee O king, nor the decree that thou hast sealed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
13 Then aūswered they and sayd vnto the king: this Daniel which is of the children of the captiuity of Iudah, regardeth not thee O king, nor the decree that thou hast sealed, but maketh hys petition three tymes a day.
Now when these false accusers do see that the king is not at liberty to defend Daniels cause, they open more plainly that which they kept close before. For if they had begun ⟨p. 203⟩at Daniel, their accusation might straight way either have been reproved or answered. But after that this sentence was gotten out of the kings mouth, that the word should stand stable, that the kings decrees according to the law of the Persians and Medes should have their force, when this is done, then come they to the person himself. Daniel (say they) who is one of the captives of Judah, doth not care for thee, nor for the law that thou hast made. When they say that Daniel is one of the captives of Judah, there is no doubt but that they do it in despite, thereby to amplify the crime. For if any of the Chaldees durst have despised the kings decree, his rash boldness could not have been excused. But now when Daniel, who was of late a servant and a captive amongest the Chaldees, dare despise the kings commandment, who by right of arms and conquest was Lord over all Chaldea, that seemeth to be more intolerable. It is therefore as if they should say: this fellow was of late a captive unto thy servants: thou art now the Lord over these countries, and the Lords unto whom he was subject are now under thy bondage because thou art a conqueror over them: and see, this captive, this stranger, this alien, this slave by condition showeth his pride against thee. We see then how they laboured to stir up the kings mind by this circumstance, when they say that he is one of the captives.