John Trapp on Daniel 3:18

Ver. 18. But if not, be it known unto thee O King, &c.] We ſhould not condition with God, but commit our ſelves unto him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator; being unchangeably reſolved, rather to embrace fire then to reſiſt light. Thus did all the Noble Army of Martyrs, beſides many worthy Confeſſors: ſuch as were the Prince of Condee at the Maſſacre of Paris, who would not redeem his life or liberty by going once to Maſſe: John Frederick Prince Electour of Saxony, to whom when Charles the fifth (whoſe priſoner he then was) offered to enlarge him and to reſtore him to his former dignity,Bucholc. Chron. if he would but only aſſent to the Interimiſtical doctrine (as they then called it) he abſolutely refuſed. George Marqueſſe of Brandenburg likewiſe about the ſame time, profeſſed openly at an imperial Diet held at Ausborough, Malle ſae, flexis ibi coram Caeſarea Majeſtate genibus, ſpiculatori cerviceus feriendam ſtati[illegible: 2 letters] praebere, quam Deum & Evangelium ipſius abnegare, Scul[illegible: 1 letter]ct. Annal. i. e. that he had rather hold out his neck to be cut off by the headſman before the Emperour, then deny Chriſt and his Goſpel. A[illegible: 1 letter] ego Chryſoſtomum ſecutus, ſaid Calvin (when he was preſſed to adminiſter the Lords Supper to ſome notorious offenders) after the example of Chyſoſtom. I will dye, rather then do it.Melch. Adam. Lewis the French King being taken priſoner by Melechſala the Sultan, conditions of peace being concluded betwixt them; for more aſſurance thereof, the Sultan offered to ſwear, that if he failed in performance, to renounce his Mahomet: Turk. hiſt. requiring likewiſe the King to ſwear that if he failed, to deny his Chriſt to be God. Which profane oath the King deteſting, and wiſhing rather to dye then to give the ſame, the Sultan wondring at his conſtancy, took his word without any oath at all, and ſo publiſhed the league.