SG 2. ; ; | lienate their Minds from the Religion of their Cou choiakim's Captivity, 1, 2. Daniel, Hananiah, Miſhael and Azariah car- hereby tO all g10T n any , : ried to Babylon, bs refuſing the king's portion they feed on pulſe and m_ _ ng the yo Return of rheir People : bur (oi water, 8,—14 They are fatter and fairer than theſe that did eat of the | 2 or IT, My pointed by this Education of them, as app Cars 11 lite king's portion, 15. Their wiſdim ten times better than that of the magi- | 2Y ſignal Teſtimonies of the Preſence and Power of God with then,
, | | for the Convittion of Idolaters, that God was above all Gods.
cians, IT — 21. | R . . | I N the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of | + Children in whom was no blemiſh , but well-faro- Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon red, and skilful in all wiſdom, and cunning in know.
unto Jeruſalem, and beſieged it 4. ledge , and underſtanding ſcience g, and ſuch as ll
ability in them to.ſtand in the kings palace 4, and whon
# Comparing this with 2 Kings 24. 1. and with 2 Chrox. 36. 6. the | "xp . Meaning is, after the Lord had ma away that good King Joſiah for chey might teach the learning and the tongue of th: for the Sins of Judah and Manaſſh, which were very great, by Pharaoh Chaldeans z. | Necks King of Egypt , the people of the Land took Jehoahax the Son of g If Princes are ſo curious in their Choice, no marvel that God wi Joſiah, and madehim King ; he reigned but three Months, wherein he | cautious in his, Lev. 21, 17.to wer, 21 and 22. 20. T0 ver. 25. Th did ſo evilin the ſighr of the Lord, that the ſaid Pharaoh Necho put bim- Reaſon why, they wane Gs delicately trained up, Pr oh tas they bein the 4 _ - + 7 gel _ = ———_ nim tO E£2P'; you - a4 » | in the Flower oftheir Age ſhould be allured with the Delights of the with t 7 yy w ia " IS gr & A108 iN bs HEAG, ang. Turne he ame | Court, and ſhould thereby be brought to forget their Father's Houſ, < _—_— = == $ + 126790: ng, -142-ag9*phr + wy tk and their Religion 3 this hath been the Artifice of the 7wk in taking Ws S nft 7eruſa $19 Fran —_— < | 2% Je purge 5 | Chriſtians Children, and making them Janizaries, that thereby they wanIE Yo 's - q 66.- x. 2 - "a 36, 6.) £ RE the en ro ” "oy may become Renegades, who are commonly the greateſt Championsfo: — compte ra » . * F C LID alter Tok time Ne mg 4 - Makomet,and Enemies to'the Chriſtians. þ This notes Men fit by their peer ivades Pos gin bigs Joao and rake, a Je Pats > giv Ade inaduoas Mares, 2 Clom.: 6. hicten | 14, _ F- Aa wh or rs arry him to Babylon;'o that Men only of promiſing Abilities, and notincompetent, ſhould b* WT them t m, and his Death and Burial, you havea ſad Account, Jer. 22. | admitted to the Preſence of Kings. 7 For this Cauſe Moſes was learned WF 17, 18, Ig. in all the Wiſdom of the Egyptians, As 7. 22. yer it muſt be ſuppoſd WW 7 *F | 2 And the LORD gave Jehojakim king of Judah |cbar neither Moſes nor Daniel learned any thing that was ungodly, but iſ } P<ared into his hand, with part þ of the veſſels of the houſe of _o — and that hn Sar only moral ; wherein eh WW did eat God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the | tjearhens. And although their Magi or Wile 4s op oe Milin perf houſk of bi J - eathens. And although their Magi or Wiſemen did ar laſt degene- n perſyy c of his god c, and he brought the veſlels into the trea- | rate into curious and and vain Arts, yet Daniel had no farther Dclign MT of God ſure-houſe of his god. « {to know their Wiſdom than to chuſe the Good of it, and to ſhun and MF upon hon 6 In this Expedition Nebuchadnezzar carried away ſome ofthe Veſſels _ _ m__ was unlawful. The Chalde an Tongue differed from Strength of the Temple, and ſome Captives, among whom was Daniel and his the Hebrew in DialeCt, andin Pronunciation, which they learnedinthe WWF ſvcer. Friends. Theſe Veſſels he carricd into the Houſe of his God, which | 1/8"* Tone and Accent, that they mighr bethe more acceprabletotte 16 I God was Baal 0; Bel, and N:bo, Tfa. 46.1. which Words they put in- Kiog and Court by their Conformity 1n Garb,Language and Manners; 8 and the to the Names of their Kings and Favourites, of which more afterward. for which they had the Space of three Years allotted them, E pulſe ; 4 _ TT Sos he'putin the Houſe of his God for his Honour, þ- $5 And the king appointed them a daily proviſion of the io; Whic peels he choghe he had goren his Vifwry by he help of is Ll kings meat &, and of + the wine which he drank: fo a- five 13 bony © Fac aibpr Free 1 77 ar þ ; nil gg "vm riſhing them three years, that at the end thereofthey migtt\ © _ cutioners of God's Wrath upon God's ſinful People have other Thoughts ſtand before the king. "=: by Gy than God hath about that , ſa. 10. 5, to wer. 16. .* Suchas he had at his own Table ; Wherein his Bounty and Hum: ſir , 3 « And the king ſpake unto Aſhpenaz the maſter eg gr a on __ more ons. they being on 17 of the eunuchs e, that he 7 _ CPR on tey were judged fir ro ſtand before tis Bs 1 1e ſhould bring certain of the King, Prev.22. 29. Men of Ingenuity, Induſtry, and Proficiency» OR
children of Iſrael, and of the kings ſeed, and of the are fic toſtand before Kings. | Ueams x
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: Theſe here called Ennnchs were chief among the King's Servants, | niel, H naniah, Miſhael, and Azariah /: FTI : hy m
- my by 5 you Eunucys becauſe many of therft were ſuch ; asatchis| 1 Dotibtles moſt of them of the Royal Lineage of Fudah to which "a we > » of old among all the Princes ofthe Eaſt ; bur they were not | Tribe God had a ſpecial Reſpe&, wpon the account of Devi, and this S. 2 = —_ , "4 5 F gl wag Ms __— - ap rn = Cham- | Tribe of fFudah had the Preheminence in many things gv1a, nba
erlain, as Hetach, Eith. 4, 5. ſuch were Bigthana and 7, ; "Wn
2 pn neianryy® war rs ah iſh omar _ l 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names” +* Reſp, or he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteſhazzar »; and '0 WR, : Thi
of the King's Eunuchs, who had ſer Melzar over Daniel and his Compa- H : ole nions, ver. 11. f Here was fulfilled what the Prophet 1/aiah had fore. anamah b of Shadrach ? and to Miſhael , of Meſhact wn; _ - al, and
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