Daniel — Chapter 3
These annotations are from the original 1609 Douay Old Testament, the first complete English Catholic Bible translation, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Douai. The archaic spelling is preserved.
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Verse 1
This huge statua of ninety foot in height and nine in bredth conteined a great masse of gold, which the King made to shew his riches, to terrifie his enemies, & to represent himselfe, that he might be adored therin as a God. S. Ierome.
Verse 5
Practise of this idolatrie consisted in falling prostrare on the ground before the statua. Now in England personall presence at heretical seruice or sermon is a distinctiue signe of conformitie to the protestants pretended religion.
Verse 6
Practise of this idolatrie consisted in falling prostrate on the ground before the statua; some times it consisteth in offering incense to idols, and the like: Now in England personal presence at heretical seruice or sermon is a distinctiue signe of conformitie to the protestants pretended religion; because such presence is there exacted for this purpose.
Verse 17
By this most modest & confident answere they professed their assured faith of Gods omnipotent power, not knowing whether it was his diuine wil to deliuer them from the fire or not, resoluing to suffer with patience whatsoeuer he would permit to fal vnto them.
Verse 24
Though these parcels were not in the Hebrew in S. Ieroms time, yet either had been in the Hebrew or Chaldee, or at least were Canonical scriptures as we haue proued in the argument of this book.
Verse 35
In the very same manner Moyses prayed, & pacified Gods wrath.
Verse 38
Sedecias being dead, and Ioachim kept in prison, there was none in state of a King amongst the Iewes: neither was there at this time anie Prophet in al Iewrie, for Daniel himselfe & Ezechiel were in Babylon.
Verse 57
Holy Angels doe incessantly praise God; sensible creatures doe not properly praise God because they haue not vnderstanding nor wil: but this inuitation exhorteth al men in consideration of al Gods workes to praise him as most worthie to be praised. S. Aug.
Verse 72
Priuations of things haue also their decent course in the vniuersal state of creatures: Darknes prayseth God, that is, bringeth forth praise in the harts of considerate men. S. Aug.
Verse 88
The fire burned their bands, but not their garments nor bodies: so God vseth the seruice of his creatures to giue comfort to his seruants & not torment. S. Greg.
Verse 92
This fourth person in the fire was the Angel that auerted the force of the fire from them.
Verse 97
They were not only restored to their former dignitie as prefects, but were also more aduanced.