John Trapp on Daniel 12:3

Ver. 3. And they that be wiſe] And withal do what they can do to wiſe others to ſalvation, as all wiſe ones will: for Goodneſſe is diffuſive of itſelf, and would have others to ſhare with it: charity is no churl.

Shall ſhine as the brightneſſe of the firmament] A good amends for their preſent ſufferings, chap. 11.33. with Rom. 8.18. Solomon allowed little or no conſiderable reward to his workmen,Mat. 13.42. Cant. 8.12. but Chriſt doth: For they ſhall ſhine as the firmament, yea as the Stars, yea as the Sun in his ſtrength, yea as Chriſt himſelf ſhineth, they ſhall appear with him in glory, Coloſ. 3.4. Their ſouls ſhall ſhine through their bodies as the candle doth through the lanthorn: their bodies ſhall alſo be ſo light-ſome and tranſparent, ſaith Aquinas, that all the veins, humours, nerves and bowels ſhall be ſeeen as in a glaſſe: for ſo the light pierceth the firmament and Stars. Let us therefore keep theſe bodies of ours clean and filth-free: that they may be fit veſſels and receptacles of ſuch a tranſcendent glory.

And they that turn many to righteouſneſſe] Heb that juſtify many, ſc. Miniſterially, as inſtruments in Chriſts hand: for we preach Chriſt, yea we give what we preach: We give the knowledge of ſalvation for the remiſſion of ſins, Luke 1.17. we deliver men from hell, Job 33.24. we ſave the ſouls of them that hear us, 1 Tim. 4.16.

As the Stars frr ever and ever] What a glorious place is heaven then? Feſtinemus ad clariſſimam patriam: corrigamus mores & moras, &c. What though Chriſts Miniſters be here ſlighted and ſlurred? they ſhall one day ſhine as ſtars, yea the meaneſt of them — velut inter ſtellas Luna minores. What then the Doctores Seraphici?