John Trapp on Daniel 3:4

Ver. 4. To you it is commanded] Chald. they command, i. e. The King and his Council, as Eſth. 1.13, 15. But what ſaid the Heathen? Eurlp. in Phoeniſſ. Obediemus Atridis honeſta mandantibus, we will obey Rulers if they command things honeſt: but not elſe, The Biſhop of Norwich asked Roger Coo Martyr in Queen Maries days, whether he would not obey the Queens laws? He anſwered, as far as they agree with the Word of God I will obey them. The Biſhop replyed, whether they agree with the Word of God or not, we are bound to obey them, if the Queen were an Infidel.Act. & Mon. fol. 1550. Coo anſwered, If Shadrach, Meſhac and Abednego had done ſo, Nebuchadnezzar had not confeſſed the living God.