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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12371	The restitution of King Nabuchadnezzer Dan. 4. Verses. 31. 32. 33. 34. By Henrie Smith.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 22690; ESTC S113470	10,523	45

THE Restitution of King Nabuchadnezzer DAN 4. Verses 31. 32. 33. 34. By Henrie Smith Printed by Thomas Scarleti 1591 Daniel 4. 31. 31 And at the end of those daies I Nabuchadnezzer lift vp mine eies to heauen and my vnderstanding was restored to me and I gaue thankes to the most high and I praised and honoured him that liueth for euer whose power is an euerlasting power and his kingdom is from generation to generation 32 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing according to his will he worketh in the army of heauen in the inhabitance of the earth none can stay his hand nor say vnto him what doest thou 33 At the same time was my vnderstanding restored to me I returned to the honor of my kingdom my glorie my beautie was restored to me and my counsellers and my princes sought vnto me and I was established in my kingdome and my glorie was augmented towards me 34 Now therefore I Nabuchadnezzer praise and extoll and magnifie the king of heauen whose works are all truth and his waies iudgement and those that walke in pride hee is able to abase NOw wee are come to his Restitution First Nabuchadnezzer was humbled as God humbleth his enemies nowe hee is humbled as God humbleth his Children that although hee hath more honour than hee had before yet hee is not proud of it as hee was but cryeth with the Prophet Not vnto mee Lord not vnto me but vnto thy name giue the honour So he which sayde not onely in heart but almost with his mouth too There is no God now with heart and mouth honoureth none but God His pride and fall Daniell declareth when he came to his restitution he maketh Nabuchadnezzer to speake with himselfe and giue thankes in his owne person like a witnesse brought in to testifie the truth of this wonderfull storie When the Prophet had shewed how this king vaunted and how he was debased for it presently after he had spoken he calleth in as it were the king himselfe to witnesse his report and he declareth how he was raised again like a man which hauing receiued grace of a Prince or great personage is brought in before him to giue thankes for his fauour receiued and then hee is dismissed In these verses two things shew themselues at first view Nabuchadneezzers restitution and his thankfulnesse In his restitution first hee sheweth the time when he was restored in these wordes At the end of those dayes Then hee sheweth the manner how hee was restored in these wordes I Nabuchadnezzer lift mine eies to heauen mine vnderstanding was restored vnto me and my Councellors sought vnto me my glory was augmented more then it was In his thankfulnesse first hee extolleth gods power in setting him vp and pulling him down and raising him againe then he commendeth Gods trueth and iustice which deserueth to be praised for his iudgement as much as his mercie as if he reioiced that God made him like a beast that he may die like a man At the end of those dayes As the time of his pride was noted when hee walked in his pallace to shew how pride groweth out of building and wealth and apparell such roots so hee noted the time of his fall when the wordes were in his mouth to shewe that he was punished for his pride and arrogancie that hee might know where to begin his conuersion and abate his pride and when he had taken away the cause then God woulde take away the punishment so likewise hee noteth the time of his restitution At the ende of those dayes That is after seuen yeares were expired to shewe how long the sickenesse of pride is in curing and to shewe how euerything was fulfilled as it was prophesied euen vnto the point of time for it was tolde him by Daniel and by his dreame that hee shoulde be like a beast seuen yeares Therefore Nabuchadnezzer is prompt as it were to confes the truth saith as the Prophet saith At the end of those daies That is at the ende of seuen yeares I was restored againe to my vnderstanding and honour as Daniel foretold me Yet an other note is set vppon this least wee shoulde thinke that God regarded onely the season and thinke seuen yeares punishment inough for such a sinner he saith not barely that his vnderstanding and honour were restored to him when seuen yeares were ended but that they were restored vnto him when he beganne to lift vp his eyes vnto heauen to shewe that his blessing came from aboue and that hee which had humbled him had restored him againe as if hee woulde say vnto all that are cast downe with sicknesses or pouertie or infamie or any trouble in body orminde hee which hath humbled you will raise you as he hath done me but you must looke vp to heauen lift vp your hearts vnto him and then your vnderstanding and comfort and peace and health and wealth and libertie and good name and all shall returne vnto you againe like Iobes sheepe and cammels and oxen in greater number thē he had before as all the blessings of God returned to Nabuchadnezzer when he looked vp to heauen lo they shall come backe like a riuer vpon you when your eies can go by these vanities and looke vpon him which looketh vpō you or els seuen and seuen yeares shall passe ouer you you shal be neuer the better but worse and worse like Saule which was vexed more and more till hee had killed himselfe Therefore as the Iewes looked vp to the brasen serpent which was a figure of Iesus Christ when they woulde be healed so all which woulde recouer that they haue lost or obtaine that which they want Nabuchadnezzer doth teach them heere to lift vp their eies to heauen from whence saith Christ commeth euerie blessing of man At the end of those daies I Nabuchadnezzer lift vp mine eies to heauen Like a man which is wakened out of a long trance now he began to stirre and lift vp his eies When the heart is lift vp it will lift vp the eyes and the handes and the voyce and all to heauen He which neuer looked vp to heauen so long as his comfort was vppon the earth now his minde is changed his lookes and gestures and speeches and all are chaunged with it as though God would shew a visible difference betweene the spirituall and the carnall euen in their gate and lookes and gestures as there is betweene a childe and an olde man The spirituall mindes are heauenly mindes and look vp because their ioy is aboue The carnall mindes are earthly mindes and looke downe like beastes because their treasure is beneath As the serpent grouels vpon the ground so doth the serpentes seed and hath not so much as the countenance of grace Therefore by lifting vp his eyes to heauen is signified that the time was come which the Lorde