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John Trapp on Daniel 7:9

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Daniel7:9

Ver. 9. I beheld till the thrones were caſt down] All theſe tyrannous dominions overturned: Some read it, till the thrones were ſet up: for till the laſt Judgement, Antichriſt is to continue, ver. 21, 22, 25, 26.

And the Ancient of dayes did ſit] i. e. God Almighty, whom Thales alſo, an Heathen Philoſopher, called [non-Latin text not transcribed], the moſt Ancient of all that are. The Poets ſay alſo, that Saturn, the father of their gods, had his name from his fulneſſe of years. Gods Eternity and Wiſdom is ſet forth by this his Title here: Laert. in vlt. Thalet. Saturnus eſt appellatus quòd ſaturetur ann[illegible: 1 letter]. Cic. de nat. deor. lib. 2. like as alſo is, by his white garments, his Majeſty and Authority: by his hair as pure wooll, his Innocency and Integrity in Judgement: by his throne like the fiery flame, his juſt Anger and Severity, againſt the man of ſin eſpecially: by his wheels (or the wheels thereof, viz. of his Throne: for Princes thrones uſed in thoſe dayes to be ſet upon wheels) as burning fire, is ſet forth his Facility and Dexterity in executing his Judgements: his Efficacy alſo, ſith all things are fiery.

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