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A15415	Hexapla in Danielem: that is, A six-fold commentarie vpon the most diuine prophesie of Daniel wherein according to the method propounded in Hexapla vpon Genesis and Exodus, sixe things are obserued in euery chapter. 1. The argument and method. 2. The diuers readings. 3. The questions discussed. 4. Doctrines noted. 5. Controversies handled. 6. Morall observations applyed. Wherein many obscure visions, and diuine prophesies are opened, and difficult questions handled with great breuitie, perspicuitie, and varietie ... and the best interpreters both old and new are therein abridged. Diuided into two bookes ... By Andrevv Willet Professour of Diuinitie. The first booke.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1610 (1610)	STC 25689; ESTC S118243	838,278	539

is the minister of the true Tabernacle which God pight and not man Hebr. 8. 2. And in this sense Christ also Ioh. 2. calleth his bodie the Temple Polan 31. Quest. How Christ was anointed Three things briefly are to be touched concerning the anointing of Christ wherewith he was anointed in what manner and whereunto 1. We doe not read that Christ was annointed with any externall or materiall oyle or oyntment but his anointing was by the spirit of God as Isa. 61. 1. The spirit of the Lord is vpon me therefore he hath anointed me c. 2. For the manner he was anointed with all graces of the spirit abundanter aboundantly aboue his fellowes Psal. 45. 7. and beyond measure Ioh. 3. 34. God giueth him not the spirit by measure and redundanter his fulnesse redoundeth and ouerfloweth to his members Ioh. 1. 16. Of his fulnesse haue we all receiued grace for grace like as the oyntment which was powred vpon Aarons head ranne downe vpon his beard and so to the skirts of his cloathing Psal. 133. 2. so the graces of the spirit in our head Christ are imparted to his members 3. He was anointed to be our Prophet King and Priest of the first speaketh the Prophet Isa. 61. 1. Therefore hath the Lord anointed me he hath sent me to preach good tidings to the poore c. which prophecie our blessed Sauiour applyeth to himselfe Luk. 4. 18. of his anointing to be King speaketh the Prophet Psal. 45. 8. Because thou hast loued righteousnes and hated iniquitie therefore hath God thy God annointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes of his priestly office and anointing likewise the Prophet Dauid maketh mention Psal. 110. 4. Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech and of this his priestly anointing this place is specially to be vnderstood 32. Quest. When Christ was thus anointed 1. Lyranus generally vnderstandeth the time of Christs incarnation and humanitie in humanitate vnctus est c. he was anointed in his humanitie aboue his fellowes 2. Pererius referreth it to the first instant of his conception alledging those words of the Angel to Marie That holy thing which shall be borne of thee shall be called the sonne of God 3. Hugo Card. indifferently would haue it vnderstood either of the time of Christs incarnation or of his baptisme when his Father from heauen gaue testimonie vnto him or of his resurrection when his spirituall anointing was yet more euidently declared 4. But the solemne anointing of Christ was in his baptisme when the spirit of God descended vpon him in the likenes of a doue non citra visibile●● pompam facta est haec Christi vn●tio this anointing of Christ was not done without some visible pompe both in his baptisme and afterward in the mountaine when his father testified of him from heauen Bulling for although Christ alwaies had the spirit of God yet in his baptisme and afterward in the preaching of the Gospel the graces of the spirit did more manifest themselues in him Osiand And this further may be gathered by the words going before for then when Christ brought eternall righteousnes the fruit and effect of his annointing appeared which was by his most holy life and obedience and by his most holy passion and oblation of himselfe which followed immediatly after 5. Their error then appeareth which would haue this prophecie of the Angel fulfilled in the ende of the world for Christ shall not then be againe annointed his annointing was in his first comming it shall not be in the second Here followeth the explanation of the most difficult and obscure prophesie of Daniels 70. weekes 33. Quest. Of the obscurenes and difficultie of this prophesie How darke hidde and obscure this prophesie is may appeare by these three arguments 1. the opinion and sentence of the auncient learned interpreters thereof 2. the diuersitie of interpretations which are giuen 3. the difficulties and doubts in the prophesie it selfe 1. Hierome vpon those words of Daniel v. 25. Know thou and vnderstand thus writeth Si Gabriel suscitat animum Danielis c. If Gabriel doe ro●ze vp the minde of Daniel that was a Prophet to vnderstand the prophesie what should we doe that haue not any such propheticall light c. Likewise Origen saith sermonem Danielis de septuaginta hebdomadis c. Daniels speech of the seuentie weekes none can make plaine as it would require but the spirit of God which taught Daniel this mysterie c. Hereupon Hierome rehearsing diuers opinions of others about the exposition of these weekes forbeareth to set downe his owne And Augustine falling into mention of this prophesie of purpose seemeth to passe it ouer in diuers places as epist. 80. ad Hesych lib. 18. de ci●it Dei c. 34. as not satisfying himselfe in the right vnderstanding thereof 2. The great varietie of interpretations which are very many as they follow to be declared in the next question is an euident demonstration of the obscuritie thereof 3. And beside the vncertentie of forren stories which fell out in the change of three Monarchies the Persian Grecian and Romane for it beeing an hard thing to finde the true reckoning and computation of yeares in one kingdome it must needes be more difficult to finde a true account in laying together the yeares of diuers Monarchies Beside this vncertentie there are foure other principall difficulties in the prophesie it selfe 1. when these 70. weekes should beginne 2. when they determine and haue an ende 3. whether the space comming betweene the beginning and ende consisting of 490. yeares doth precisely containe so many neither more nor fewer 4. how all these things prophesied here of the Messiah were fulfilled and accomplished in this limited time Now notwithstanding these difficulties I will proceede by Gods grace to make some way for the better vnderstanding of this great mysterie wherein I will gather together the most probable opinions of learned interpreters approouing in my iudgement the best 34. Quest. Of the diuers interpretations of Daniels weekes with an answer to the cauill of the Iewes concerning the dissention of our interpreters The diuers opinions here of writers about the beginning of the seuentie weekes may be sorted into three ranks 1. Some make them to beginne before Cyrus 2. some pitch their beginning at Cyrus 3. and some beginne the reckoning after Cyrus vnder the raigne of other Persian kings 1. They which beginne the computation of these yeares before the times of Cyrus 1. some count these 70. weekes by weekes not of seuen yeares but of tenne times seuen for euery yeare taking tenne and beginne their reckoning from the beginning of the world so that 70. weekes shall make 4900. yeares from the creation of the world vnto Christ thus Origen hom 29. in Matth. 2. Some will haue these weekes take beginning from the 4. yeare of Zedekiah 7. yeares before the great captiuitie which was in the 11. yeare

rage against kings against God against his people and how long v. 25. Then the iudgement is set forth by the two effects thereof the destruction of all other kingdomes and the aduancing of the kingdome of Christ v. 26 27. The conclusion followeth which sheweth the effect of this vision in Daniel by these three operations 1. his perplexed cogitations 2. the change of his countenance 3. his deepe meditation I kept it in mine heart 2. The text with the diuerse readings 1 In the first one C. yeare of Belshatzar king of Babel Daniel saw a dreame and visions of his head were G. B. vpon his bed then he wrote the dreame and declared the summe the head C. of the matter 2 Daniel spake and said L. det I saw in my vision by night and behold the foure winds of heauen stroue did fight C. vpon or in I. the great Sea 3 And foure great beasts came vp from the Sea diuers one from an other this from that C. 4 The first was as a Lyon lyonesse L. cor and had eagles wings I beheld till the wings thereof were pluckt off and it was lifted vp from the earth V. A. B. G. better then taken away from the earth L. S. for the Chaldean Monarchie hereby expressed was not vtterly dissolued or by the which wings it was lifted from the earth I. Pol. for the decaying state of this Monarchie is signified and the meaning is that whereas it had before eagles wings and did soa●e aloft it could now scarce heaue or carrie it selfe from the ground and set caused to stand C. vpon his feete as a man and a mans heart was giuen him 5 And behold an other beast the second was like vnto a beare and it stood vpon one side it stood on part L. det it erected one dominion I. B. but the other reading is the better see q● 14. following and he had three ribbes three orders L. three morfels V. in his mouth betweene his teeth and they said thus vnto him Arise and deuoure much flesh 6 After this I beheld I was seeing C. and lo there was an other like a leopard and it had foure wings of a foule vpon his backe vpon him L. and dominion was giuen him 7 After this I saw in the visions of the night by night B. G. and behold the fourth beast was fearefull and terrible and exceeding maruelously B. very G. too strong L. strong and it had great yron teeth it deuoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue vnder his feete and it was diuers from vnlike to L. B. G. but the preposition min signifieth from the beasts that were before it and it had ten●e hornes 8 I considered the hornes and behold the last horne beeing little I. an other little horne caeter but achari signifieth the last as well as an other did come vp among them and three of the first hornes were pluckt away before it and behold eyes as the eyes of a man were in this horne and a mouth speaking presumptuous things great things C. 9 I beheld till the thrones were set vp taken away I. V. but the words following which describe Gods glorious sitting in his throne doe confirme rather the first reading and the Ancient of daies did sit whose garment was white as snow and the haire of his head like pure wooll his throne was like the flame of fire and the wheeles thereof that is of his throne for so the vse was for Princes thrones to be set vpon wheeles as burning fire 10 A streame of fire issued and came forth from before him thousand thousands ministred vnto him and ten thousand times tenne thousand not tenne thousand thousand B. G. or tenne thousand times an hundred thousand L. S. the word is rhibo which signifieth tenne thousand in the which sense rebobah is taken Levit. 26. 8. stood before him the iudgement was set and the bookes opened 11 Then I beheld from the time that the voice of presumptuous words begunne I. V. from the voice of presumptuous words C. because of the voice of presumptuous words caeter but the preposition min signifieth from which the horne spake I beheld vntill not because L. the beast was slaine and his bodie destroied and giuen to be brent in the fire B. vnto the burning of the fire C. 12 And of the rest of the beasts there dominion was taken away they had taken away C. but their liues were prolonged a length or space in life was giuen them for a time and season a time and time L. A. but there are two diuers words vsed in the originall 13 I beheld in the visions of the night and behold with the in the. V. B. G. but the preposition signifieth with cloudes of heauen one like the Sonne of man comming and he approched vnto the Auncient of daies and they presented him before him 14 And dominion was giuen him I. V. S. he gaue him dominion L. B. G. but the verbe is of the passiue signification and honour and a kingdome that all people nations and languages should serue him his dominion is an euerlasting dominion which shall not faile passe away C. shall not be taken away L. B. G. and his kingdome is that which shall not be destroied corrupted C. 15 My spirit was troubled pierced C. yea I Daniel in the middes of my bodie V. I Daniel was troubled in spirit in the middes B. G. L. and the visions of my head made me afraid 16 I came then vnto one of the standers by and asked him the truth of all this so he told me and shewed me made me to vnderstand C. the interpretation of these things 17 These great beasts which are foure are foure kings not kingdomes L. S. yet that is the meaning which shall arise out of the earth 18 And they shall take the kingdome of the most high Saints not the most high Saints shall take the kingdome L. V. and it is better read the most high Saints V. I. then Saints of the most high L. B. G. for the word high is in the originall in the plurall number and they that is the Saints see qu. 48. shall possesse the kingdome for euer yea for euer and euer 19 After this I desired or wished I. to know the truth concerning the fourth beast which was so diuers from vnlike to B. G. all these exceeding fearefull whose teeth were of yron and his nayles of brasse he deuoured and brake in pieces and stamped the residue vnder his feete 20 Also concerning the tenne hornes which were in his head and of the last Iun. the other caeter see before v. 8. which came vp and three hornes fell before it of this horne I say which had eyes and a mouth speaking presumptuous things whose looke was more stout great C. then his fellowes 21 I beheld and the same horne made battell with against L. B. G. the Saints and preuailed against them 22 Vntill the Auncient of daies came and iudgement was

Hannibals counsell who was with him who gaue him aduise to remooue his forces into Italie and to occupie the Romanes at home at their owne doores was in such feare of the Romanes that he fled from Chersonesus leauing all the furniture and prouision of his owne behind which the Romanes surprised then he sent Embassadours vnto the Scipios offering to beare halfe the charges of their battell and to relinquish all the cities which he had taken in Ionia and Aeolia but they made answer that they would haue all the charges of that expedition which he had beene cause of and he must surrender all the countrey on this side the mount Taurus But Antiochus refusing these hard conditions encountred with the Romanes againe who had not aboue 30. thousand men and he 70. thousand in which battell he was discomfited and lost 50. thousand men and all his Elephants sauing 15. which were taken aliue and thus his proud spirit was abated and his contumelies offered vnto the Romanes in word and deede were at an ende 2. Then last of all his shame was brought vpon his owne head for vpon a second embassage he was forced to accept of most hard conditions 1. that he should leaue all Asia on this side Taurus 2. he should pay in present money fifteene hundred talents for the charges of the warre 3. he should deliuer vp all his Elephants and shippes so many as they should require and should be stinted afterward for the number of his shippes 4. he should pay yearely 12. thousand talents for tribute for 12. yeares 5. and giue 20. hostages whereof one should be his sonne for the performance of these conditions all which he vndertooke and thus his owne shame returned vpon him and further in disdaine whereas he was called before Antiochus the great it grew into a byword among the Romanes Antiochus sometime the great king ex Livio decad 4. l. 8. and App. in Syriac 29. Quest. Of the death of Antiochus the great v. 19. Two things are here declared his shamefull flight and his shamefull ende 1. After that he had receiued the last great ouerthrow with the losse of so many men he fled away incontinently and about midnight came to Sardis thence to Apamea from whence he sent Embassadors which concluded the former peace with the Romanes vpon those hard conditions Then he betooke himselfe to the remote parts of his kingdome to his munitions and holds beeing in such feare as that he durst not endure the sight of Cn. Manlius who succeeded L. Scipio Thus Antiochus was confined within Taurus who in this disgrace was wont to say iestingly as Tullie reporteth in his oration pro Deiotaro benigne sibi à Romanis factum c. he was beholding to the Romanes who had eased him of the trouble of so great a kingdome that he now contented himselfe with a lesse 2. Now touching his ende there are diuers opinions 1. after that he had such an imposition of tribute laid vpon him partly through necessitie and partly of a couetous minde he went about 〈◊〉 robbe a Temple of their treasure Lyranus thinketh it was the Temple of Naneas among the Persians where he entring into the Temple with his companie were hewen in pieces as the storie is set downe 2. Macchab. c. 1. and therefore it is said here he was no more found c. because his bodie beeing thus mangled could not be knowne But that storie rather sheweth the ende of Antiochus Epiphanes this Antiochus sonne as may appeare by comparing that place with 2. Macchab. c. 9. see more before c. 8. qu. 33. 2. Some following Iustine lib. 32. thinke that he would haue inuaded the Temple of Iuppiter Dyndinaeus or Dodonaeus but he was farre off from that place Bulling 3. Hierome following Strabo lib. 16. saith that he with all his armie was slaine of the Elymeans when he went about to robbe the Temple of Iuppiter Belus so also Polan and so it is said he was no more found because he was tumultuously killed of the rude people comming together to defend their Temple Calvin H. Br. in Daniel and because he died in Persia and returned not into his owne countrey Osiand 30. Quest. Of the acts and ende of Seleucus Philopator the sonne of Antiochus the great v. 20. First it must be agreed who this was who is said to rise vp in his place 1. P●rphyrius as Hierome sheweth vpon this place taketh this to be Ptolomeus Epiphanes king of Egypt but as Hierome well sheweth he did not succeede Antiochus the great in his kingdome and therefore can not be saide to stand vp in his place 2. R. Levi vnderstandeth here the sonne of Antiochus Epiphanes called Antiochus Eupator who was slaine by his vncles sonne Demetrius and the former part of the prophesie he interpreteth of Antiochus Epiphanes ex Oecolampad But it is euident that hitherto the Prophet hath described the acts and exploits of Antiochus surnamed the great for he it was that gaue his daughter Cleopatra in marriage vnto the king of Egypt as is prophesied v. 17. And the rest of the prophesie can agree to none other 3. Some Hebrewes as Hierome also here writeth thinke that this was Tryphon which was the tutor of Antiochus sonne but that can not be for Tryphon followed many generations after for after Antiochus the great succeeded in order Seleucus Epiphanes Eupator his sonne Demetrius Alexander Antiochus before Tryphon vsurped the kingdome He that rose vp in Antiochus place was the 7. king of Syria but Tryphon was the 13. or 14. Bulling Perer. 4. Wherefore this that rose vp in Antiochus place was Seleucus his sonne Antiochus the great had three sonnes Antiochus Seleucus and Antiochus Epiphanes but Antiochus beeing a Prince of great hope and towardnes died about the same time that his father fleeing to Apamea sent Embassadors to the Romanes about the former conclusion of peace not without suspition of poison then succeeded Seleucus Philopator so called because he was beloued of his father called also Soter Ioseph lib. 12. c. 4. Polan Secondly we come to the parts of the description 1. This Seleucus acts are described he shall cause to passe vp and downe an exactor of tribute not take away the exactor of tribute as Vatabl. for the word is ghabar which signifieth to passe and in hiph●l to caus● to passe And so was Seleucus a great exactor of tribute for beeing giuen to voluptuous liuing he must needes also be immoderate in his expenses when he was admonished by his familiar counsellers that he should take heede least he alienated the mindes of his friends by his immoderate taxations he would answer them that his money was his friend This Seleucus is he that sent Heliodorus to spoile the treasure of the Temple at Ierusalem which Simo● had bewraied vnto him which Heliodorus comming thither and offering by violence to take the treasure away he and his companie were terrified by a fearefull 〈◊〉 they saw an horse with a terrible