John Trapp on Daniel 3:25

Ver. 25. Walking in the midſt of the fire] As in ſome pleaſant place. Tua praeſentia, Domine, Laurentio ipſam eraticulam dulcem fecit, ſaith an Ancient, i. e. Thy preſence Lord, ſweetned the furnace to theſe three Worthyes, the gridiron to Laurence, Socrate[illegible: 1 letter]. Theodoret. thoſe exquiſite tortures to Theodorus in Julians time, the Leonine priſon to Algerius the Italian Martyr (who calleth it in the date of his letter a delectable orchard) the fire wherein he was burnt to Bainbam the Engliſh Martyr,Act. & Mon. who in the midſt of the flames which had half conſumed his armes and legs, utterred theſe words:Act. & Mon. 940. O ye Papiſts, behold ye look for miracles; here now you may ſee a miracle; for in this fire I feel no more pain then if I were in a bed of down; but it is to me as a bed of roſes.

And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God] i. e. Venuſtiſſima & quaſi divina, very beautiful and Angelical. The Heathens reputed thoſe to be Heroes or demy gods, in whom they beheld and admired any thing above the ordinary nature of men, and their expectation; Truely this was the Son of God, ſaid that Heathen Centurion concerning our ſuffering Saviour, Mat. 27.54. that is a divine man, ſuch as Homer calleth [non-Latin text not transcribed]. This fourth perſon here in the fiery fornace, is by many held to be Chriſt the Son of God, who appeared at this time in humane ſhape.