An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

That Image in Daniel which typed out all the descents of worldly greatness, had a head of gold, the breast and arms of Silver, the thighs of Brass, and the legs of Iron, but the feet were part of Iron and part of Clay. The feet are the foundation, and the feet of this Image speak thus much to all the world, that all worldly pomp & greatness, all worldly power and majesty must fall, for the image stands upon clay; and though it have a mixture of iron in the feet which is strong, yet it shall not stand by the iron which is strong, but fall and be broken by the clay which is weak. As it was in those great Monarchies, into which the outward power of Nations and Kingdoms was contracted: so if you look upon any particular man, though you may conceive him to have a head of gold, arms and breast of silver, thighs of brass, and legs of iron, yet when you come to the feet, the foundation of the whole body, it is but dust, which a small storm will dissipate and blow away, The body of man hath so weak a foundation, that it is sometime compared to that which hath no foundation, a Tabernacle, (1 Cor. 5.) If the earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved, saith the Apostle. Now a Tabernacle hath a roof or a covering, but no foundation: The Tabernacle of ¹the body hath a covering, but hardly any foundation, only a foundation in the dust.

That Image in Daniel which typed out all the descents of worldly greatnesse, had a head of gold, the breast and armes of Silver, the thighes of Brasse, and the legs of Iron, but the feet were part of Iron and part of Clay. The feet are the foundation, and the feet of this Image speak thus much to all the world, that all worldly pompe & greatnesse, all worldly power and majesty must fall, for the image stands upon clay; and though it have a mixture of iron in the feet which is strong, yet it shall not stand by the iron which is strong, but fall and be broken by the clay which is weak. As it was in those great Monarchies, into which the outward power of Nations and Kingdomes was contracted: so if you look upon any particular man, though you may conceive him to have a head of gold, armes and breast of silver, thighes of brasse, and legs of iron, yet when you come to the feet, the foundation of the whole body, it is but dust, which a small storm will dissipate and blow away, The body of man hath so weak a foundation, that it is sometime compared to that which hath no foundation, a Tabernacle, (