John Trapp on Daniel 1:12

Ver. 12. Prove thy ſervants I beſeech thee ten dayes] All good means muſt be uſed for the keeping of a good conſcience: and then God muſt be truſted for the iſſue. But did not Daniel herein tempt God? No: for beſides that he had a word, 1. Of precept, Deut. 14. And 2. Of Promiſe, Exod. 23.25. ex arcana revelatione certior factus eſt, it might be revealed unto him, that no inconvenience ſhould follow upon this courſe.

And let them give pulſe to eat, and water to drink] Poor fare for Noble-mens ſons, but ſuch as they were well apaid of. Nature is contented with a little, Te ver. innoc. cap. 56. Grace with leſſe. The ſobriety of Democritus and Demoſthenes is much celebrated among the Heathen. But what ſaith Auſtin? Omnis vita infidelium peccatum eſt, & nihil bonum ſine ſummo Bono. Whatſoever is not of faith is ſin, &c. Daniel's ſobriety was of another nature, of a better alloy. Papiſts crack much of their abſtinence from certain meats and drinks at certain times. But Daniel's and Papiſts Faſts agree as harp and harrow. See my Common-place of Abſtinence.