John Trapp on Daniel 3:23

Ver. 23. And th[illegible: 1 letter]ſe three men—fell down bound] Their binders were burnt, but not their bonds ſo ſoon, leſt the glory of the miracle ſhould have been thereby defaced.

Into the midſt of the burning fiery furnace] Where yet theſe holy Salamanders took no hurt. In the creatures there is an eſſence and a faculty whereby they work; as in fire is the ſubſtance and the quality of heat: Betwixt theſe, God can ſeparate, and ſo hinder their working, as here he did. Quiſque ſollicitus ſit non tam de vita quam de vocatione, &c.