John Trapp on Daniel 12:8

Ver. 8. And I heard but I underſtood not] This he ingenuouſly confeſſeth: for the beſt know but in part, 1 Cor. 13. And if any man thinketh that he knoweth ought, he knoweth nothing yet as ought to know. 1 Cor. 8.2. Let this be noted by ſuch as profeſſe to know (beyond the periphery of humane knowledge) all that is knowable. Any created Underſtanding is but (as Aeſchylus ſaith of fire ſtolen by Prometheus) [non-Latin text not transcribed], a ſpark of the All-wiſe Gods fire, The Prophets themſelves underſtood not ſome things that were ſhewed unto them, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Lib. 6. de Rep. without a further light from the Father of lights: whoſe alone it is to illighten both Organ and Object, as Plato alſo could ſay.

What ſhall be the end of theſe things?] An end he much deſired, and the Angel for him. ver. 6. But men muſt have patience, and wait Gods end. Ye have need of patience or tarryance, (ſaith the Apoſtle, Heb. 10.36) that after ye have done the will of God (and ſuffered it too, grievous though it be for preſent) ye may receive the promiſe. Good men find it oft more eaſy to bear evil, then to wait till the promiſed good be enjoyed.