ding them, without Injury, and Diſhonour to God that heard Prayer. Now begins the Interpretation.
This the dream ; and we will tell the inter:
and the winds carried them away, that no places. _ found for them : and the ſtone that ſmote the great mountain, and filled the whole
37 Thou *, O king, art a king of kings g : for the » Firs of God of heaven hath given thee a + kingdom 4, power, ogy n
and ſtrength, and glory 5.
£ He means Nebuchadnezzar in Perſon, together with his Succeſſors, Evil-merodzch and Belſhazz.ar., TheProphet would not mind the Kin of any thing paſt, nor of any other Governments bur thoſe wi whom his Church were then, and to be concerned for the future, cil] the coming of the M:$iah ; by whoſe coming they ſhould ſupport and comfort themſelves againſt alltheir Sufferings by Oppreſſors ; and alſo God would have the Prophet mind Nebuchadnezzar of the Stone cur
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7. p Ezek. 26.
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out of the Mountain without Hands, growing and breaking in pieces?9%*” Eos
all earthly Power. + It came not to thee by thy Anceſtors or by For- tune, or by thy Valour; but the great God of Heaven hath the beſtow. ing of thoſe, and giverh them to whomſvever he will. : Authoricy, victorious Armies, with great Proſperity.
38 Arid whereſoever the children of men dwell, the beaſts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all & : thou art this head of gold/. Sy
k i.e. God hath given thee abſolute Dominion of a!l Creatures, Men and Beaſts, within the Bounds of thy vaſt Kingdom, to hunr, catch, or kill, for thy Uſe and Pleaſure : God as Lord Paramount, al- lows thee his Vaſſal arid Tenant at will allthis. This was not uni- verſal over all the World; but only within his large Territories,which yet were bounded. / 1. Why Head? Becauſe he was firſt in order, as the Head is beforethe other Parts; and the Viſion began ia him, and deſcended downwards to the other three Monarchies. 2. Why Head of Gold ? Becauſe of the vaſt Riches wherein ir abounded; and which the Chaideans moſt covered, and ſcraped from the Spoils and Tributes of al! Countries, 1/a. 10. 13, 14. Jer. 51. 41, 44: Alſo this is called the Golden Head, becauſe it ſtood longeſt, 500 Years, and was fortunate and flouriſhing to the laſt. | | gp
39 And aiter thee ſhall ariſe another kingdom inferiour to thee », and another third kingdom of braſs », whicti ſhall bear rule over all the earth, : |
» This was that of the Meds and Perſians; inferiour in Time and Succeſſion ; in Duration it Jaſted not half ſo long as the 4/57ian in Proſperity and Tranquil/ity, for the Pcrfan wasfuller of Trouble; yec was this wonderful rich and large for a time, Eſther 1, 1. this was the Breaſt and Arms of Silver. » This was the Grec:an Monarchy under Alexander the Great ; who conquered the former, called a He-z0r,
chap. 8. 5. becauſe given ſo much to Luxury : Braſ;, becauſe courſct | than the other, and their Armour was chiefly Braſs, yaazoy47 v:5. 1 OT GO ' o Therefore this iS alſo called an univerſal Monarchy ; for Alexander 7 whoſe Prayer this was obtained ; bur the more plaia Senſe is this, bu# qarctied into the Indies, and conquered much of thar, by which he
that the Interpretation may be manifeſt ro the King, and thar thou ,,. (aid to coriquer the World, and wept that he had nor another
may'ſt know the Thoughts of thy Heart, that thou may'ſt be berter
reſt the Mind of God in ir, and whar ir points ar, and what thy Dury 15, and how to ſteer thy Counſel and Attions in this vaſt Monarchy; and w—_ the affliged Church of God.ia it.
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World to conquer ; yet this laſted not long, for he was ſoon overcome,
fo infructed and fatisficd in thy Mind in this great Secret, when thou and kill'd by his Worldly Luſts.
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things p: and as iron that breaketh all theſe, ſhall it break in pieces, and bruiſe 9.
p This is the Kingdom of the Romans ; and was to laſt not only to Chriſt's firſt coming, but under Antichriſt to his ſecond coming, but Nil going down asto Pagan Worſhip, and at Jaſt to Antichriſtian and Pa- pal Power : For wer. 28. Daniel tells the King, that God made known to him what ſhould be in the latter days ; therefore he intended a ge- neral Hiſtory to the end of the World, wer. 44. and chap. 7. Jatter end, and chap. 11. and 12. q This did break in pieces all other King- doms, being too ſtrong for them, and was never in ſubjettion to any, bur brought all in ſubjeCtion to ir, till the Stone fellupon ir, of which afterwards
41 And whereas thou ſaweſt the feet and toes, part of potters clay, and part of iron : the kingdom _ divided r, but there ſhall be in it of the ſtrength of the iron, foraſmuch as thou ſaweſt the iron mixed with miry Clay. =