John Trapp on Daniel 4:25

Ver. 25. That they ſhall drive thee] He ſaith not who (whether Angels or men) nor whither, for avoiding of envy and diſpleaſure: th[illegible: 1 letter]s was an high point of heavenly wiſdom, which adviſeth to obſerve, Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodò, quando. Nebuchadnezzar who had driven ſo many before him out of their Countries, is now (by a juſt Judgement of God) himſelf driven out from company, left being mad, he ſhould do much miſchief: for his brutiſh conditions, he had now the bruits for his companions. He was wont to be fed with dainty fare; he now eateth graſs as an Ox: for his purple robe horrido pilo totus obtegitur, he is all covered with hair:Oec[illegible: 1 letter]l. D[illegible: 1 letter]od. and for his precious ointments he is wet with the dew of heaven; ferinae vitae damnatus. His diſeaſe, ſay ſome, was the Lycanthropy, not a phrenſy only (as that of Ericus King of Swethland, who being expeld his Kingdom, for grief fell mad; for be[illegible: 2 letters]des the brutiſh change of his mind,Willet. his body was much changed in feeding and living among wild beaſts: deformed he was (not transformed) ſo that the beaſts took him for a beaſt, as going upon all four, and feeding as they did, although in ſhape differing from them, as a monſter amongſt them. But when all is ſaid that can be ſaid,Hu[illegible: 1 letter]t. ſure it is that this change was ſupernatural, as appeareth by the occaſion, manner, degree, time, &c. every circumſtance ſeeming a new creation.

And ſeven times ſhall paſſe over thee] For the glory of Gods Juſtice in his expulſion, and of his Mercy in his Reſtauration. See ver. 16.

Till thou know] God will be ſure to tame his rebels: for is it fit that he ſhould lay down the bucklers firſt?