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A16852	A most comfortable exposition of the last and most difficult part of the prophecie of Daniel from the 26. verse of the 11. chap, to the end of the 12. chapter. Wherin the restoring of the Iewes and their callinge to the faith of Christ, after the utter overthrow of their three last enemies, is set forth in livelie coulours, by the labour and studie of that bright and worthie man of God, Thomas Brightman Englishman & once fellowe of Queenes College in Cambridge.	Brightman, Thomas, 1562-1607.	1635 (1635)	STC 3753; ESTC S117062	70,294	116

of Kinges when by and by after a king was to rise up amongst themselves In the time of Cicero the soothsayer or interpreter of the Sibills earnestly contended in the Senate that he whom they accounted as a Kinge should be also called a Kinge if they would liue in safetie But this was taken in very ill part in so much that the Oratour adviseth them to deale first with their great ones that they would bring forth anie thing out of the Sibils prophecies rather then a Kinge whom neither Gods nor men would suffer anie longer at Rome But thy prognostication fayled thee O thou wittie Oratour Thou sawest with thine eies a litle after a King at Rome which thou didst prophecie should never come to passe This contempt therfore of their fathers Gods is a new ordination of Emperous violating the law of their fathers and bringing those Magistrates into subjection who were wont in their old Fathers time to have the cheife commaund This chaunge of government was a remarkeable note for all men easily to distinguish between this King and others And so doth Daniel admirably consent with Iohns revelation what time as Iohn did write these thinges he telleth us five Kinges were fallen and the sixt did then flourish Daniel in these wordes doth as it were foretel the funerall of the fift Kinge Rev. 17.10 and the birth or nativitie of the sixt which should aspire to the top and highest commaund by the contempte of the auncient Gods the old Magistrats to whom their fathers yeelded all obedience As concerning the desire of women there is no lesse difficultie about the righte meaninge The interpreters take it passively for that desire which men beare towards women wherby it commeth to passe that some referre it to lust others to humanitie and couresie but the like construction is active elswhere as the desire of all nations that is to say which all nations doe desire Hag. 2.8 So the desire of women is that which women doe desire which were very unequall and unfitte to referre unto lust What is it then that women doe most of all desire and affect To have their children most honourable Bathsheba seemeth heerupon to request an oath of David that her Sonne if she had one by him should succeed him in the Kingdome which happily she wrested from him before shee did yeelde unto his lust Assuredly The desire of women brought the mother of Zebedeus children to shewe her outragious ambition in asking the cheife seates in Christs kingdome for her two sonnes Wherfore this kinge should have no regard to this desire because he would be nothinge carefull for his naturall succession otherwise then in all other kingdomes For if we cast our eves vpon anie other government what doe the fathers more earnestly being kings affect then to leave their children a quiet stable and stedfast kingdome But this care nothinge troubleth this kinge Octavius therfore succeedeth I. Ceasar Tiberius his sonne in lawe Octavius Caligula Tyberius and so afterward yea for the most part in degrees much further of the successour no way allyed vnto him that wēt before especially when as the highest empire was at the pleasure or at the bestowing of fierce and Cruel soldiers not of the Senate gathered together of lawfull assemblies Sometimes indeed in succeeding ages one or two sonnes now and thē have enioyed their fathers kingdome by inheritaunce but that was rather by the choice and affectiō of soldiers thē by the advice of their fathers who perceyving how greatly force and violence had prevayled did not mind the care of succession which they saw to be in other mens power Such therfore should the government bee as should more respect the honouring of all estates with great authoritie then the desire of women to inrich or ennoble their Sonnes with anie singular preheminence above the rest and it were indeed a marveilous matter if the wisedome of God had not forewarned us of it longe before that the emperours having the cheife commaund of all matters there should be so few found in so great a number to have their lawfull issue to succeed them This is therfore the second cleare famous and dom●sticall note wherby this empire should be knowne The third is his magnifiing himselfe above all where there commeth againe a new contempte of the Gods nor Regard anie God saith he To what purpose is this was not this impietie sufficiently reprooved before in the former verse He wil magnifie himselfe above all Gods and now also in the beginning of this and he shall not regard the God of his fathers This repetition is not in vayne but a new degree of the like pride The contempt of the Gods in the former verse was of all forreine Magistrates amonge all nations whatsoever The contempt of the Gods in the beginning of this verse was of their owne domesticall but auncient and instituted of old The contempt of the Gods in this place is of the present Consuls Pretours and Tribunes and the rest now in being whose names as yet remayned but all the power and authoritie was invested in this cheife Magistrate alone Tacitus in the first entraunce of his historie shewing how Augustus by litle and litle drew the right of all offices to himself alone First he set vpon the Consulship like an enemie by force as Suetonius declareth in Augustus cap. 27. the rest were offred him at his pleasure he was perpetuall Tribune or protectour of the Commons and had perpetuall government also of lawes and manners Therfore the other Magistrates were but titular onely and a vaine shew and semblaunce of authoritie appointed onely to ease the Prince of trouble in their Kingdomes and not to exercise anie absolute authoritie No marvell therefore if he exalt himselfe above all these whom he vsed as his vassals and base flatterers All Kinges in their territories have cheife commaund neither doe they respect anie other inferiour God or Magistrate whom themselves created of their owne subjects but on the contrary side are honoured of all men But this especially should bee remarkable in this empire because the beginning of innovations are most of all observed we finde therfore this third note most conspicuous and manifest in this Kinge which is not at all observed in others by reason of long custome 38. But in his place shall he honour the God of forces Hitherto have bene more common notes now he setteth vpon more speciall ones and more proper to certaine places and first of all how he should behave himselfe towards the true God For the better vnderstanding wherof the wordes are first to be discussed which are diversly rendred by interpreters The learned Tremelius and Iunius doe translate them absolutely And as concerning the God of great strength he shall honour him in his place I say He shal honour the God which his fathers knew not c. but this constructiō doth require a nominative case this God of forces c. as Ps 11.4 18.31

all nations shall come unto it yea whatsoever the second house in the building begun was wanting of in splendour and magnificent structure God promiseth to supplie whose is all the gold and silver which accordingly he plentifully poureth out for the furnishing and ornaments of the house And now at this time they did religiosly and earnestly endevour to bewtifie the Temple to prepare it for our Lords comminge who was shortly to come unto his owne house For soone after the temple was finished our Lord Iesus Christ was borne who was greater then Salomons temple for whom the house was worthily prepared being so sumptuosly bewtified and adorned as in token of that most glorious temple which himselfe was soone after to finish and make perfect which was also shewed in some sort to be cheifly amongst the gentiles seing they were now the cheife authours of the typicall ones restoringe for this seemeth to be no sleight presage of the spirituall buildinge into the which they were shortly after to be brought and chosen by that high and absolute workman Thus shall he doe in the most stronge holdes with a strange God vers 39 He doth further proceed to make this king better knowne by other of his doinges for these wordes are an answere to a secret objection wherby those thinges formerly of the temples building may seeme litle to agree with and to the Romanes for we know that Herod bestowed all that cost of his owne The Angel therfore meeteth with it as if he should say I would not have you to think me to avouch that the Romanes did or would undertake anie thing with their owne handes cost or meanes but whatsoever he did in the holdes of the strong God be did it all at the charge and trauel of a strange God that is to saie of a certaine inferiour magistrate which held his place rather by force and tyrannie then by anie lawfull authoritie whence he shall worthily be iudged a stranger or strange God And who can be ignorant that Herod was such a one an Edomite by birth and a stranger who had no right at all of lawfull authoritie over the Iewes Wherfore the Romanes should doe all by his meanes which they conferred on the houldes of the strong God that is to say which they bestowed upon the restoring of the Temple for these are the holdes of the God of forces whence hee privily sendeth succour to his owne people and yeeldeth help unto them in adversitie as the frequent and fervent prayers of the saincts doe manifest wherby they labour all they can that God would heart and helpe out of his temple Ps 18.7 to which purpose also is that of the Prophet Amos 1.2 The Lord roareth out of Sion and uttereth his voice from Ierusalem And it is manifest whatsoever was done in the building of the Temple it was done by the authoritie of the Romane Emperour but yet by the cost and travel of Herod a strange God that doth Herod himself acknowledge in an oration to the people concerning that matter Amongst other opportunities and meanes of finishing so great a work which was a terrour to manie mens mindes he rekoneth the friendship of the Romans by the benefit wherof he specially trusteth he shal be able and fitting to bring all the perfection which he had purposed and propounded to himself Now saith he seing by Gods providence I obteine a Kingdome and have leisure ready monie and great revenues comming in that which is most of all the friendship of the Romans the Lords of the world I will doe my endevour c. Iosep Antiq. li. 15.14 See how he attributeth the greatest part of his meanes to the friendship of the Romanes wherof hee made more accounte then of his leasure or ready monie at will which yet he more evidently declareth when as after the work finished he did dedicate a golden eagle of great waight upon the great dore of the temple the armes of that King by whose favour and authoritie that strange God had shewed himself so bountifull upon the holdes of the Almightie God And hitherto of his works towards God Now in speciall what manner of one he should be towards men Whom saith he he shal aknowledge he shal increase with glory for all authoritie was in the handes of the Romanes from the first touch at that province He by his legate Scaurus did preferre Aristobulus the younger brother both to the preiesthood and the Kingdome He also by Pompey restored H●rcanus againe he made Antipater the Edomite the governour of all Iudea and appointed his sonnes Phasaelus and Herod to raigne who but he confirmed Herods will and testament and declared not Archilaus his sonne for king but graunting him a moytie of Herods jurisdiction made him a ruler of the people That which of late belonged to one now by the appointment of this King who might doe whatsoever him listed was divided amonge fowre Philip and Antipas and Salome doe enioy equall portions with Archilaus Ioseph Antiq. lib. 17. c. 13. so he devided the land for money and the historie makes it manifest that this King made more account of talents then of reason and honestie justice and equitie whosoever brought the greatest weight of gold did speed best in his suite But that buying and selling is of all other the most memorable when after the overthrow of Ierusalem Vespasiā Titus emperours had famously triumphed Caesar writes from Rome to Liberius Maximus appointed governour to make sale of all the land of the Iewes Iosep of the Iewes warre lib. 7. c. 26. Hiher without doubt had the angel respect giving us this for an infallible mark of this kinge that no place may be left anie more to doubt of his person And at the time of the end shall the King of the south push at him vers 40. Hitherto have we spoken of the first of the three oppressours as wee did distinguish them in the Analysis or Resolution The second and third doe folowe the prophecie is but short in the second very large in the third because it did more concerne the Saincts to be very well fortified against his tyrannie as we shall see in the exposition Our learned Broughton doth seperate those wordes from the former with a prefixed title for the argument in a differing character to this purpose The third expedition of Antiochus into Egypt against Ptolomeus Philometor But we shewed in the 36. verse before that there was no such third expedition which is grounded upon a wrong interpretation of the 29 verse of this chapter neither is it confirmed by the consent of anie historie also these wordes are flatte against it for the King of the South shal provoke this Kinge and fall upon him with his spightfull hornes but the King of Eygpt attempted nothing at all against Antiochus from the time of his departure out of his country at the commaundement of the Romane legate The Ptolomies thought thems●lves happie men to be