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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:5

Daniel 3:5 [That] at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: Ver. 5. That at what time ye hear. ] See on Daniel 3:1 . The allurements of pleasure are shrewd enticements to idolatry. 2Pe 2:18 Sir Walter Raleigh said, Were I to choose a religion to gratify the flesh, I would choose Popery. The Catholics, in their supplication to King James for... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:6

Dan 3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Ver. 6. And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, &c. ] Fire and sword are idolaters’ best arguments. But conscience is the fountain and spring of duty; and if that be not directed and awed by the Word of God, in vain are Acts of Parliament and proclamations, though backed with menaces; as if the spring of a clock be broken, in vain are all the wheels kept clean and... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:7

Dan 3:7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down [and] worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Ver. 7. All the people, nations, and languages fell down. ] They that come of the yielding willow, and not of the sturdy oak, will yield with the time, and ever be of the king’s religion. In Queen Mary’s days here, and so in... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:8

Dan 3:8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. Ver. 8. Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. ] All the Jews are accused, because some refused to worship. So still all the generation of the righteous must be charged with the pretended miscarriages of some few among them. The world, we see, is no changeling; antiquum obtinet. The Jews indeed, ever since the captivity, have abhorred idolatry; and the Papist worshipping of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:9

Dan 3:9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. Ver. 9. They spake and said, … O king, live for ever.] Thus they insinuate themselves by flattery. So Acts 24:2-3 . read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:10

Dan 3:10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: Ver. 10. Thou, O king, hast made a decree. ] Kings’ decrees are much urged by such as are resolved to be of King Harry’s religion, whether he stand for the old mumpsimus a or the new sumpsimus. b a One who obstinately adheres to old ways, in spite of the clearest evidence that... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:11

Dan 3:11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, [that] he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Ver. 11. And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast, &c. ] This with a graceless man is a swaying argument; he will rather turn than burn; as he came not frying into the world, as one said in Queen Mary’s days, so he cannot go frying out of it. Epicurus in word confessed a God, but in deed denied him, because Anaxagoras was put to death for... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:12

Dan 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Ver. 12. There are certain Jews. ] Everywhere spoken against, as were afterwards Christians, odio humani generis, saith Tacitus, a hated for their religion. Whom thou hast set over the affairs. ] This was it that irked these spiteful accusers:... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:13

Dan 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Ver. 13. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury. ] His blood boiling at his heart, as brimstone doth at the match; for preventing whereof nature hath placed the heart near to the lungs, ut cum ira ascenditur, pulmonis humore temperetur, for an allay to the heat of it, lest perturbations should boil it into brine. Commanded to bring Shradrach.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 3:14

Dan 3:14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, [Is it] true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? Ver. 14. Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, &c., ] q.d., I can very hardly believe it. Certe tu non occidisti patrem; Sure thou didst not kill thy father! saith Augustus Caesar once to a parricide, whom he had in examination; and Suetonins saith that it was usual with him to examine malefactors in that way, as if he... read more

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