John Trapp on Daniel 7:2

Ver. 2. Daniel ſpake and ſaid] His writing is called his ſpeaking,Willet. to teach us to receive the writings of the Prophets and Apoſtles with no leſſe reverence then if we had heard them ſpeak with their own mouths.

I ſaw in my viſion by night] The night doth in Scripture frequently ſignify trouble: This viſion by night was of troubleſome buſineſſe, viz. hurlyburlies in the world, and perſecutions in the Church.

And behold the four winds of the heaven ſtrove upon the great Sea] i. e. There was a huge buſſel upon the earth, by means of the four ſucceſſive Monarchies: See Rev. 13.1, 11. The World is fitly called the great Sea, ever unquiet and full of commotions; which are alſo called winds, for their boiſterouſneſſe contrariety of nature, and inconſtancy.