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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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Biblical commentary book of Daniel › Chapter 6 › Part › The Prayer.
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The Prayer.
Grant almighty God, seeing that thou hast showed us by the example of thy servant Daniel, with how great constancy we should persevere in the pure worship of thy name: that we may grow up to the true strength of mind, and that we may so give our selves unto thee, that we do not turn this way or that way for mens pleasures, but that we may remain in thy holy vocation: and so overcoming all perils, in the end we may come to the fruit of our victory, even that blessed immortality which is laid up for us in the heaven, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
GRaunt almighty God, seing that thou hast shewed vs by the example of thy seruaunt Daniel, with how great constācy we should perseuere in the pure worship of thy name: that we may grow vp to the true strength of minde, and that we may so geue our selues vnto thee, that wee do not turne this way or that way for mens pleasures, but that we may remayne in thy holy vocation: and so ouercoming all perils, in the end we may come to the fruite of our victory, euen that blessed immortality which is layd vp for vs in the heauē, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The king came unto the grave and saith: Daniel, the servant of the living God, thy God whom thou always worshippest, can he not deliver thee? Darius nameth the God of Israel, the living God. But if there be one living God, he shuteth out all the imagined and feigned Gods which men have devised by their own brain. For of necessity there can be but one Godhead: and this principle profane men also have confessed. And though every one do fall afterward after his own dreams, yet they all agree in this, that there can not be many Gods. They divide God, as it were into parts: but they can not deny this, that there is one only God. Darius therefore when he giveth this title to the God of Israel, he confesseth all other Gods to be mere fantasies: but he doth not understand this point (as I have said) that profane