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Questions upon the first Chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. Of the third year of Jehoiakim, which is called the fourth, Ierem. 25. 1. how these places are reconciled.
2. qu. How this third year of Iehoiakims reign is to be counted.
3. qu. Of Jehoiakim and Iehoachaz, what difference between them.
4. qu. Why the king of Babel had such an envy against Jehoiakim.
5. qu. Of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babel, and how many there were of that name.
6. qu. Of the acts & exploits of Nebuchadnezzar.
7. qu. Of the time of Nabuchadnezzers reign.
8. qu. Of the city of Babylon.
9. qu. Of the city Jerusalem.
10. qu. v. 2. What this phrase meaneth, to be given into ones hand.
11. qu. How Jehoiakim was given into Nabuchadnezzers • and, whether he carried him to Babylon.
12. qu. Whether Daniel at this time went into captivity with Jehoiakim.
13. qu. Why it pleased God that Daniel and others that feared God, should be taken captives.
14. qu. The meaning of those words, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god.
15. qu. Of the land of Shinar or Shingar.
16. qu. Of the god and idols of the Chaldes.
17. qu. v. 2. What is to be commended, what discommended in Nebuchadnezzar in carrying part of the vessels of the Temple.
18. qu. Why it pleased God to suffer that the vessels of the Temple should be carried away.
19. qu. Of Ashpenaz the master of the Eunuchs his name and office.
20. qu. Whether Daniel may be proved frō hence to have been an Eunuch in the first sense.
21. qu. Who are understood here by the Princes.
22. qu. Why the children of the Princes and nobles were taken captives.
23. qu. How the Lord performed his promise to David, that his kingdom should be established forever, 2. Sam. 16. seeing lehoiakim was given into Nabuchadnezzers hand.
24. qu. Whether it were lawful for Daniel to be taught the learning of the Chaldeans.
25. qu. Of the Chaldee language, and the difference between it and the Hebrew.
26. qu. Of the necessary institution of schools, and the manner and order thereof.
27. qu. Why other names were given them.
28. qu. Of the signification of their names, both the new and the old.
29. qu. v. 8. Why Daniel refused to eat of the kings meat, and of the diverse kinds of abstinence.
30. qu. The causes which moved Daniel to forbear the kings meat.
31. qu. v. 8. How Daniel should have been defiled with the kings meat.
32. qu. whether Daniel ever after abstained from the kings meat.
32. qu. v. 9. What favor it was which Daniel found with the chief of the Eunuchs not obeying his request.
33. qu. Of Daniel's request to the butler.
34. qu. Whether Daniel tempted not God, in setting a certain number of days.
35. qu. Why Daniel did choose rather to eat of pulse, then of the kings meat.
36. qu. verse. 15. Whether the beauty and strength in Daniel and the rest feeding on this course food, were a natural work.
37. qu. v. 17. Of the knowledge and understanding which God gave unto Daniel and the other three, whether it were natural or supernatural.
38. qu. Whether Daniel and the rest learned the curious arts of the Chaldeans.
39. qu. Whether it be lawful to use the arts and inventions of the heathen.
40. qu. Of the dreams and visions which Daniel had understanding of.
41. qu. Whether this gift of understanding visions and dreams were in Daniel as an habit permanent and remaining always in him.
42. qu. Of the diverse kinds of dreams.
43. qu. Whether there be any divine dreams.
44. qu. Whether there be any truth or certainty in dreams.
45. qu. Of the causes of true dreams.
46. qu. How diabolical and divine dreams may be discerned.
47. qu. Why it pleased God by visions and dreams to instruct his servants.
48. qu. Why visions and dreams are often shown unto simple and unlearned men.
49. qu. Why dreams are not always clear and manifest, but darkly and obscurely propounded.
50. qu. what dreams may be observed, and by whom.
51. qu. Whether in divine dreams there is a free use of reason and the will, and the same acceptable to God.
52. qu. v. 21. How Daniel is said to have been unto the first year of king Cyrus.

Questions upon the second chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. v. 1. How the second year is to be counted wherein Nebuchadnezzar had this dream.
2. qu. What Nebuchadnezzar this was, and whence he was so called.
3. qu. v. 1. Why he is said to have dreamed dreams.
4. qu. What manner of dream this was, which Nebuchadnezzar had.
5. qu. Why it pleased God to send this dream upon Nebuchadnezzar.
6. qu. v. 1. Of the meaning of those words, And his sleep was upon him.
7. qu. Of the four kind of wise men whom the king sendeth for.
8. qu. Why Daniel was not called and sent for among the rest of the Chaldeans.
9. qu. v. 4. Of the Aramites language, whether it differ from the Hebrew, and be all one with the Chaldee.
10. qu. Why the Chaldeans spake in the Aramites language.
11. qu. v. 8. Why the king saith, they would gain or redeem time.
12. qu. v. 10. Of the Chaldeans answer unto the king.
13. qu. Of the impostures and falsehoods in the answer of the Chaldeans.
14. qu. what the Chaldeans mean in these words, Except the gods whose dwelling is not in the flesh.
15. qu. v. 12. Of the kings rash sentence, in commanding all the wise men of Babylon to be slain.
16. qu. v. 13. whether the wise men indeed were slain.
17. qu. what office Ario • h had to whom Daniel maketh this motion. v. 14.
18. qu. v. 15. How Daniel was ignorant of the kings decree against the Soothsaiers.
19. qu. v. 19. How this secret was revealed unto Daniel in the night.
20. qu. Of the form and order of Daniel's thanksgiving.
21. qu. v. 19. How Daniel is said to have blessed the God of heaven.
22. qu. verse. 21. How the Lord is said to change times and seasons.
23. qu. v. 22. what secret things the Lord is said to discover.
24. qu. v. 22. How light is said to dwell with God, whereas it is said, Psal. 18. 11. he made darkness his secret place.
25. qu. v. 24. whether Daniel did well in staying the execution of the kings sentence upon the wise men.
26. qu. v. 25. whether Arioch lied unto the king in saying, I have found a man.
27. qu. v. 25. why Arioch named Daniel to be one of the captives rather then of the wise men.
28. qu. v. 26. How the king is said to answer, no question being demanded.
29. qu. v. 27. why Daniel denieth that any of the wise men could expound this dream.
30. qu. v. 28. whether God only be the reuealer of secrets and things to come.
31. qu. v. 28. What Daniel meaneth by the latter days.
32. qu. v. 29. whether Nebuchadnezers thoughts were the cause of his dream.
33. qu. v. 29. why it pleased God to impart unto Nebuchadnezzar this dream.
34. qu. v. 30. This secret is not shown me for my wisdom: whether Daniel by any natural wisdom could have obtained the knowledge of this dream.
35. qu. v. 30. why Nebuchadnezzar could not understand the dream which he saw.
36. qu. v. 30. Of the two ends why it pleased God to reveal unto the king his dream.
37. qu. v. 31. of the vision which the king saw in his dream, the manner & parts thereof.
38. qu. of the diverse kinds of signs of things to come, and of which kind this image was.
39. qu. what kingdoms of the earth are not comprehended in this vision.
40. qu. v. 8. why the Chaldean Monarchy is compared to the head of gold.
41. qu. Of the largeness of the Empire and dominion of Nebuchadnezzar.
42. qu. whether Nebuchadnezers dominion were at that time the greatest in the world.
43. qu. v. 39. Of the second Monarchy described by the arms and breasts of silver, what it was.
44. qu. v. 39. why the Persian Monarchy is said to be inferior to the Babylonian.
45. qu. whether the Monarchy of the Chaldeans or of the Persians was more cruel toward the Jews.
46. qu. why the Persian Monarchy is compared to silver.
47. qu. why the third Monarchy is likened to the belly and the thigh, and unto brass.
48. qu. Of the largeness of Alexanders Empire, and of other memorable and notable things in him.
49. qu. v. 40. whether this fourth kingdom must be understood to be the Roman Empire.
50. qu. That this fourth kingdom divided into two kingdoms, resembled by the tw ••• gges of the image, was the kingdom of Syria and Egypt.
51. qu. Of the beginning and continuance of the four general Monarchies of the world.
52. qu. v. 43. Of the meaning of these words, they shall miagle themselves with the seed of men.
53. qu. v. 44. What manner of kingdom the Prophet speaketh of which God should set up.
54. qu. Whether the stone cut out of the mountain, do signify Christ and his kingdom.
55. qu. Whether this prophesy be fulfilled in the first or second coming of Christ.
56. qu. The description of the kingdom of Christ by the Prophet, v. 44. 45.
57. qu. That this kingdom which God shall raise up must be understood of the kingdom of Christ.
58. qu. That this kingdom of Christ is a spiritual, no temporal kingdom.
59. qu. v. 44. In the days of what kings Christ's kingdom should be raised up.
60. qu. How Christ's kingdom is said to destroy other kingdoms.
61. qu. Whether Christ at his coming did indeed destroy the temporal dominions.
62. qu. How Christ is said to be the stone cut without hands.
63. qu. In what sense Christ is compared to a little stone, and how it filled the earth.
64. qu. v. 46. Whether Nebuchadnezzar did well in bowing unto Daniel, and commanding odors to be offered unto him.
65. qu. Whether Daniel refused this worship offered unto him.
66. qu. Of Nebuchadnezzar's ample and large confession of God.
67. qu. Whether Nebuchadnezzar had the true knowledge of God.
68. qu. Whether Daniel did well in accepting the gifts and honors which the king bestowed on him.
69. qu. Whether Daniel could with a good conscience be set over the wise men and soothsayers of Babylon.
70. qu. How Daniel is said to have sat in the kings gate.
71. qu. Whether it be lawful for a Christian to live in an idolatrous kings Court.

Questions upon the 3. chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. At what time Nebuchadnezzar set up this great image.
2. qu. To whom Nebuchadnezzar erected this image.
3. qu. To what ende this image was set up.
4. qu. How it came to pass that Daniel hindered not the kings purpose in setting up this image.
5. qu. of the place where this image was set up.
6. qu. of the greatness of this image compared with others, and in it self.
7. qu. of the mystical applicatiō of this image.
8. qu. of the several names and titles of the kings nobles & officers here rehearsed. v. 2.
9. qu. why Nebuchadnezzar only called his nobles and officers.
10. qu. v. 5. of the diverse kinds of instruments here rehearsed.
11. qu. v. 5. of their falling down and worshipping this image.
12. qu. That it is not lawful to bow unto an image, though one in his heart abhor it.
13. qu. Of the malice of the Chaldees against the Jews.
14. qu. why they say in the plural, they will not serve thy gods, v. 12. whereas there was but one image.
15. qu. why these three, Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego, are only called.
16. qu. what age these three were of, when they were brought before the king.
17. qu. why Daniel m • de not intercession to the king for his three friends.
18. qu. Of Nebuchadnezers speech unto these three brought before him.
19. qu. Of the religious and resolute answer of these three convented before the king.
20. qu. why the Lord doth not always deliver his out of temporal dangers.
21. qu. why they are so resolute not to worship the golden image.
22. qu. whether the Prince is by fire & sword to root out thē which are of contrary religiō.
23. qu. of the extraordinary heating of the furnace.
24. qu. of the exquisite cruelty and torments which these three were put unto.
25. qu. of the apparel which they were cast into the fire with.
26. qu. why Daniel was not cast into the fiery furnace with the rest.
27. qu. How the flame of the fire slew those which were the ministers of the kings cruelty.
28. qu. How these three men cast into the fire were preserved.
29. qu. of 7. miraculous things concurring in this preservation of them from the fire.
30. qu. whether anything without miracle may be preserved from the fire being in the flames thereof.
31. qu. That these three were true martyrs, though they escaped by miracle the danger of death.
32. qu. whether all those are to be held martyrs which die constantly and courag • ously.
33. qu. Why it pleaseth not God always to deliver his servants out of danger, as he did these at this time.
34. qu. v. 25. In what sense the king saith, that the fourth was like the son of God.
35. qu. of the apparition of Angels in human shape, what manner of bodies they appeared in.
36. qu. why the Angels used to appear in human shape.
37. qu. Of the sudden change and conversion that was in Nebuchadnezzar, with the parts thereof.
38. qu. whether this were a true conversion in Nebuchadnezzar.
39. qu. whether blasphemy is to be punished with death.
40. qu. whether the 3. last verses do belong unto this third chapter.

Questions upon the 4. chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. of the kings epistle, the sum and parts thereof.
2. qu. At what time Nebuchadnezzar wrote this epistle.
3. qu. How Nebuchadnezzar could write unto all the people in the world.
4. qu. Of the signs and wonders which Nebuchadnezzar declareth.
5. qu. whether Nebuchadnezzar were now at the last truly converted.
6. qu. Of the author of this epistle.
7. qu. whether this history contained in this chapter of Nebuchadnezers transmutation, were so done in deed.
8. qu. why Daniel was called by the name of Belteshazzar.
9. qu. In what sense Nebuchadnezzar saith, that Daniel had the spirit of the holy gods.
10. qu. Of Nebuchadnezers dream and the sum thereof.
11. qu. why this tree is said to be in the mids of the earth.
12. qu. why Nebuchadnezzar is compared to a tree.
13. qu. v. 11. who are understood by the beasts and fowls.
14. qu. v. 12. how Nebuchadnezzar was bound with a band of iron and brass.
15. qu. v. 11, 12. why this prophecy is uttered in the imperative mood, hew down the tree • &c. leave the stump.
16. qu. v. 14. why the Angels are called watchmen.
17. qu. By whom the 14. v. was pronounced, by the Angel or by the King.
18. qu. v. 14. Of the meaning of those words, According to the request of the holy ones.
19. qu. of the meaning of those words, v. 14. & appointeth over it the most abject of men.
20. qu. Why Daniel held his peace for the space of an hour.
21. q. v. 16. In what sense Daniel wisheth this dream to the kings enemies.
22. qu. That a tyrannical government is better then an Anarchy, or no government.
23. qu. v. 20. What is meant by hewing down the tree.
24. qu. v. 22. How Nebuchadnezzar was driven from among men, & dwelt with beasts.
25. qu. How Nebuchadnezzar did eat grass like an ox.
26. qu. How the kingdom of Babylon was governed in Nebuchadnezzers absence.
27. qu. v. 22. what is understood by 7. times.
28. qu. Of Nebuchadnezers transmutation, but first in general of the diverse kinds of transmutations.
29. qu. what manner of change Nebuchadnezers was.
30. qu. How Nebuchadnezzers body was changed.
31. qu. v. 24. How Daniel gave counsel to the king to prevent this judgment, seeing it was determined.
32. qu. whether Daniel did counsel the king to redeem his sins by alms deeds.
33. qu. whether Daniel spake doubtfully saying, v. 24. It may be thy prosperity may be prolonged.
34. qu. whether Nebuchadnezzar did follow Daniel's counsel.
35. qu. Of the greatness of the city of Babylō.
36. qu. whether Nebuchadnezzar were the builder of Babel.
37. qu. Of Nebuchadnezers pride in saying, which I have built for the house of &c.
38. qu. what manner of voice it was which came down from heaven.
39. qu. The sum of the sentence denounced against Nebu • hadnezer.
40. qu. v. 30. of the execution of the sentence upon Nebuchadnezzar, he did eat grass &c.
41. qu. v. 31. After the end of what days Nebuchadnezzar was restored.
42. qu. of the restitution of Nebuchadnezzar.
43. qu. That God only is without check, and not to be controlled in his works.
44. qu. whether Nebuchadnezzar were saved.
45. qu. why Nebucdadnezer was saved, and not Pharaoh, both being in the same cause.
46. qu. why Nebuchadnezzar being thus converted, the Jews kept in captivity were not delivered, nor Ieho • akim released out of prison.

Questions upon the fifth chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. Why this chapter is transposed, and no • set down according to the order of time.
2. qu. Of the kings of Chaldee which succeeded after Nebuchadnezzar.
3. qu. Of the diverse names of this Balthazar.
4. qu. In what year of Balthazars reign this history fell out.
5. qu. of the greatness of Balthazars feast.
6. qu. of the manner and order of this feast.
7. qu. of the occasion of this feast.
8. qu. who commanded the vessels of the Temple to be brought, and how.
9. qu. Of Balthazars profaning of the holy vessels.
10. qu. Whether Nebuchadnezzar did not likewise profane the vessels in laying them up in his idols temple.
11. qu. Of the blind and obscene idolatry of the Chaldeans.
12. qu. How far it is lawful to apply some things to profane uses.
13. qu. Of the fingers which appeared on the wall, how they were caused.
14. qu. whether it were the likeness of an hand only, and seen of Balthazar alone.
15. qu. Of the manner of the apparition of this hand.
16. qu. Why the hand appeared over against the candle stick.
17. qu. Of Balthazars sudden fear, and the manner thereof.
18. qu. v. 7. Why Daniel is not here called among the rest.
19. qu. How it came to pass that the wise men could not so much as read the writing.
20. qu. What Queen it was which came in.
21. qu. In what sense Nebuchadnezzar is called Balthazars father.
22. qu. of the Queens oration to the king.
23. qu. of the excellent wisdom and other princely parts in this old Queen.
24. qu. of Belshazars speech unto Daniel.
25. qu. Of Daniel's answer to the king, and the several parts thereof.
26. qu. Of Daniel's abrupt beginning in his speech to the king, v. 17. keep thy rewards to thyself.
27. qu. why Daniel rejecteth the kings rewards.
28. qu. why Daniel receiveth the like rewards from Nebuchadnezzar, and refuseth them from Balthazar.
29. qu. Whether Daniel after his refusal accepted afterward of these rewards, v. 29.
30. qu. whether in these words, he put to death whom he would, v. 19. Nebuchadnezzar's tyrannical government be expressed.
31. qu. Of the writing, and interpretation thereof in general.
32. qu. Of the interpretation by writing in general.
33. qu. why the first word Mene is doubled.
34. qu. Of the meaning of the word, tekel.
35. qu. Of the meaning of the word, Pheres.
36. qu. Of the tropological, that is, the moral application of this vision.
37. qu. why Balthazar commanded Daniel to be honored hearing so evil news.
38. qu. Of the honors here bestowed upon Daniel.
39. qu. whether Daniel did well in accepting of these honors.
40. qu. why Daniel exhorted not Balthazar to repentance as he had done Nebushadnezzar before.
41. qu. v. 30. whether Balthazar were slain at that time.
42. qu. whether Balthazar were slain the same night▪ and the city taken.
43. qu. whether Balthazar was taken in Babylon.
44. qu. By what means Babylon was taken.
45. qu. By whom Balthazar was slain.
46. qu. By whom the city of Babylon was taken.
47. qu. who was chief in the taking of Babylon Darius or Cyrus, and why mention is made only of Darius.
48. qu. Of the cause of this Babylonian war.
49. qu. whether Babylon was at this time finally destroyed according to the predictions of the Prophets.
50. qu. How long the Chaldean Empire and Monarchy continued.
51. qu. Of the years of the reign of the several kings of Babylon.

Questions upon the sixth chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. what Darius this was which took upon him the kingdom of Babylon.
2. qu. of the diverse names which Darius had.
3. qu. How Darius took upon him the kingdom of Babylon.
4. qu. when Darius took upon him the kingdom of the Chaldeans.
5. qu. Of the officers which Darius appointed, and the reason thereof.
6. qu. Whether Darius did wisely in thinking to set Daniel, being a stranger, over the whole realm. v. 3.
7. qu. Whether Daniel did well in taking upon him to bear office in an idolatrous kings court.
8. qu. How the rulers failed in their purpose, finding no fault at all in Daniel.
9. qu. Of the edict and decree made to entangle Daniel, the occasion thereof, and injustice therein.
10. qu. Of the immutable decrees of the Medes and Persians. v. 8.
11. qu. why Daniel did not stay the kings decree by his contrary advise.
12. qu. Of Daniel's constancy of praying, with the circumstances thereof.
13. qu. How Daniel's custom in opening the windows when he prayed, agreeth with our Saviors precept, Matth. 6. to shut the doors of the chamber in prayer.
14. qu. Why Daniel opened the window of his chamber toward Jerusalem.
15. qu. why Daniel prayed thrice in a day.
16. qu. whether Daniel did well in this praying, to offer himself to public danger.
17. qu. Of Daniel's adversaries practice and accusation against him.
18. qu. How the king labored to deliver Daniel till the Sun went down.
19. qu. whether Darius might not have broken this decree.
20. qu. whether Darius prayer for Daniel were of faith.
21. qu. v. 17. why the king sealed the stone with his seal.
22. qu. Whether Darius were truly converted, confessing Daniel's God to be the living God.
23. qu. Of Daniel's deliverance from the lions, and the cause thereof.
24. qu. Of Daniel's salutation to the king, O king live forever.
25. qu. Of Daniel's manner of deliverance frō the lions, that it was divine & extraordinary.
26. qu. why the Lord doth not always send his children temporal deliverance.
27. qu. Of Darius joy, v. 23. then was the king exceeding glad.
28. qu. whether the king did justly in causing Daniel's accusers, with their wives and children, to be cast into the den.
29. qu. Of king Darius decree concerning the worshipping of Daniel's God, the order and parts thereof.
30. qu. Of Daniel's prosperous estate under Darius and Cyrus.
31. qu. Whether this miracle of Daniel's deliverance from the lions were shown at Babylon in Chaldea or in Media.

Questions upon the seventh chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. Of the order observed by Daniel in the setting down of these visions.
2. qu. Of the visions which follow in general.
3. qu. Of visions in general.
4. qu. Of the time when this vision was revealed unto Daniel.
5. qu. Why the vision of the four Monarchies is again revealed unto Daniel being shown before to Nebuchadnezzar, c. 2.
6. qu. What manner of vision this was which Daniel here had, and how it was revealed.
7. qu. What was meant by the four winds which strove together upon the sea.
8. qu. Of the description of these beasts in general.
9. qu. Why the kings and kingdoms of the earth are likened unto beasts.
10. qu. Of the agreement between this vision of the four beasts, and that of the image shown to Nebuchadnezzar, c. 2.
11. qu. Of the first beast representing the Chaldean Monarchy.
12. qu. Where the Chaldean Monarchy here described must take beginning.
13. qu. Of the second beast, and why the Persian Monarchy is compared to a bear.
14. qu. Why the bear is said to stand upon the one side.
15. qu. Of the three ribs in his mouth, what they signify.
16. qu. Who said unto him, Arise and devour, &c. v. 5.
17. qu. Of the Persian kings with whom the Persian Monarchy begun and ended.
18. qu. Of the third beast called a leopard, the description of the third Monarchy.
19. qu. Why the fourth beast hath no name.
20. qu. Of the description of the 4. beast in general.
21. qu. Whether the Roman or Turkish Empire be signified by this fourth beast.
22. qu. That the kingdom of Syria which was held by Seleucus and his posterity, was this fourth beast.
23. qu. Of the iron teeth and other parts of the general description of the fourth beast.
24. qu. Why it is said to stamp the residue under the feet.
25. qu. Wherein this fourth beast was unlike the rest. v. 7.
26. qu. Of the ten horns, what is signified thereby, v. 7.
27. qu. Who is signified by the little horn, ver. 8.
28. qu. Who these three kings should be, signified by the three horns plucked away.
29. qu. Of other properties of this little horn.
30. qu. Of the description of the glorious manner of God's judgment expressed, v. 9. to v. 15.
31. qu. Whether the final judgment in the ende of the world be here described.
32. qu. v. 9. who is said to be the ancient of days, and how.
33. qu. How God was seen of Daniel which is invisible.
34. qu. How judgment is said to be set, seeing God is judge from everlasting.
35. qu. What the fire signifieth which issued from the throne.
36. qu. Of the number of Angels that ministered unto God, thousand thousands, &c. ver. 10.
37. qu. What books these were which were opened, v. 10.
38. qu. Of the destructiō of the fourth beast.
39. qu. Why t • e other beasts had their dominion taken away, and how their lives were prolonged.
40. qu. v. 13. Why it is said one like the son of man.
41. qu. How he is said to come in the clouds, and approacheth to the ancient of days, and when.
42. qu. That this kingdom could not be the kingdom of the Maccabees.
43. qu. That this kingdom is the kingdoms of Christ our Blessed Lord and Savior.
44. qu. That this kingdom given to the son of man shall not be in earth, against the Chiliastes.
45. qu. Of the excellency of Christ's kingdom beyond other kingdoms.
46. qu. How the kingdom of Christ is said to be everlasting, seeing it shall be delivered up unto God, 1. Cor. 15. 24.
47. qu. v. 17. Of the rising of the four beasts.
48. qu. Who shall possess the kingdom of the Saints.
49. qu. Why they are called the most high Saints, v. 18.
50. qu. v. 20. How the horn called before little, is said to be in show, greater then the rest.
51. qu. How this little horn is said to change laws and times.
52. qu. What is meant by a time, times, and a part of time, v. 25.
53. qu. What is meant by the half or dividing of time, v. 25.
54. qu. How this kingdom is said to be given to the holy people, v. 27. which is said, v. 14. to be given to the son of man.

Questions upon the 8. chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. The difference between this vision and the former.
2. qu. Of the time of this vision.
3. qu. What manner of vision this was.
4. qu. How Daniel is said to be in Sushan, ver. 2.
5. qu. Of the city Sushan, by whom it was built, and whence so named.
6. qu. Of the situation of the city Sushan.
7. qu. Of the river Vlai where Daniel had this vision.
8. qu. Why Daniel nameth himself in the first person.
9. qu. Why the kings of Persia are compared to a ram, v. 3.
10. qu. Who are signified by the two horns, whereof one was higher then the other.
11. qu. Of the greatness and prosperous success of this ram.
12. qu. Of the meaning of these words, as I considered. v. 5.
13. qu. Why the kingdom of the Grecians is resembled to a goat.
14. qu. Of Alexander the great signified by the horn between the eyes, his birth, education, exploits, death, and ende.
15. qu. Of the victory of Alexander against Darius, described by the goats overcoming the ram.
16. qu. Of the breaking of this great horn, and of the death of Alexander.
17. qu. Of the four horns which came up in the stead of this great horn.
18. qu. When these four kingdoms did arise after the great horn was broken.
19. qu. Who was this little horn, v. 9.
20. qu. Of the outrages committed by Antiochus Epiphanes signified by this little horn.
21. qu. Of the meaning of these words, v. 12. the army was given up with the daily sacrifice by iniquity.
22. qu. Of the meaning of the word, Palmoni, v. 13.
23. qu. What Angel that was, unto whom one of the Angels spake.
24. qu. Of the time prescribed, v. 14. of 2300 days, how it is to be taken.
25. qu. When this term of 2300. began and ended.
26. qu. When the kingdom of the Greeks so often mentioned in the book of the Maccabees took beginning.
27. qu. Why the kingdom of the Greeks is counted from the reign of the Seleucians.
28. qu. of the name Gabriel.
29. qu. v. 16. Upon these words, make this man to understand the vision, whether Augels can give us understanding.
30. qu. How Alexander is said to be the first king of Grecia.
31. qu. of the time when Antiochus Epiphanes should rise up in the latter ende of their kingdom, v. 25.
32. qu. The description of Antiochus and of his doings.
33. qu. Of some differences in the story of the Maccabees concerning the death of Antiochus.
34. qu. Of the agreement of other persecutions of the Church with this description of Antiochus.
35. qu. Why it is called the vision of the evening and morning, v. 26.
36. qu. Why Daniel is bidden to seal up the vision.
37. qu. What kings business Daniel did, v. 27.
38. qu. Of the meaning of these words. v. 27. none understood or perceived it.
39. qu. The history of Antiochus Epiphanes reign abridged, for the better understanding of this vision.

Questions upon the 9. chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. What Ahasuerus this was whose son Darius is said to be.
2. qu. of the years of Darius reign, and how this vision is said to be in his first year.
3. qu. Whether in the first year of Darius the Chaldean Monarchy was dissolved, and the 70. years captivity ended, against the opinion of Joseph. Scaliger, lib. 6.
4. qu. of the 70. years of captivity in what sense they are called seven generations, Baruch, 6. 2.
5. qu. When the 70. years of captivity mentioned v. 2. took their beginning.
6. qu. when the 70. years of captivity ended.
7. qu. of Daniel's prayer, v. 4. to v. 20.
8. qu. How Daniel prayeth for the deliverance of the people, seeing it was certainly promised after the 70. years.
9. qu. Of the properties required in the prayers of the faithful observed here in Daniel's prayer, v. 20.
10. qu. Of the apparition of the Angel Gabriel, v. 21.
11. qu. How Daniel descer • ed this to be a good Angel.
12. qu. Whether the Angels have bodies.
13. qu. Why the Angel came about the time of the evening sacrifice, v. 21.
14. qu. Why Daniel is called a man of desires, v. 23.
15. qu. v. 24. Seuentie weeks are determined: How Daniel's prayer is heard, praying for the people's deliverance.
16. qu. v. 24. How the seventy weeks must be understood.
17. qu. Why 70. weeks are said to be cut out or determined.
18. qu. Why this term of 490. years is expressed by weeks.
19. qu. Why the Angel saith, upon thy people, and upon thine holy city.
20. qu. Of the meaning of these words, v. 24. to finish or rather restrain wickedness.
21. qu. Of the sealing of sins.
22. qu. What it is to reconcile iniquity.
23. qu. v. 24. How the Messiah brought everlasting righteousness.
24. qu. Why it is called everlasting righteousness.
25. qu. Whether as Christ's satisfaction for the punishment of sin is imputed to us by faith, so likewise his innocence.
26. qu. Whether the justice brought in by Christ, exceed the justice of Adam.
27. qu. Whether it standeth with God's justice to justify us by another's righteousness, and how that may be.
28. qu. How the vision and prophesy was to be sealed up.
29. qu. Of the annointing of the holy one, who is signified thereby.
30. qu. Why Christ is called the holy of holies.
31. qu. How Christ was anointed.
32. qu. When Christ was anointed.
33. qu. Of the obscurenes and difficulty of this prophesy.
34. qu. Of the diverse interpretations of Daniel's weeks, with an answer to the cavil of the Jews concerning the dissension of our interpreters.
35. qu. What Chronology and computation of time is to be followed in the account of the 70. weeks, which make 490. years.
36. qu. whether the account of the Olympiake years be a certain direction for the understanding of Daniel's weeks.
37. qu. Of the names and number of the Persian kings.
38. qu. Of the uncertainty of the years of the Persian Monarchy and of the Persian kings.
39. qu. That Daniel's weeks do signify a certain definite number of years.
40. qu. That Origen's account cannot stand beginning the 70. weeks at Adam, and ending them at the destruction of Jerusalem.
41. qu. That the 70. weeks must not begin before the people's return out of captivity.
42. qu. That the 70. weeks do not begin in the reigns of the other kings of Persia after Cyrus.
43. qu. That Daniel's 70. weeks must take beginning from the proclamation made by Cyrus for the return of the people.
44. qu. Under which of the Persian kings Mordecai lived, and of his age.
45. qu. which of the Persian kings it was that renewed the decree for the reedifying of the Temple.
46. qu. What Artaxerxes it was in whose 7. year Ezra was sent, and in whose 20. Nehemiah.
47. qu. That Daniel's 70. weeks were determined neither before Christ's passion, nor at the destruction of the city.
48. qu. That the 70. weeks ende not after the destruction of Jerusalem.
49. qu. That the 70. weeks must end at the passion of Christ.
50. qu. Of the just and exact computation of years from Cyrus first unto the passion of Christ.
51. qu. Of the years of the Persian kings in particular to make up the said sum of 〈◊〉 130. years, and first of the years to the finishing of the Temple.
52. qu. That Xerxes reign was intermingled with his fathers in the beginning, and with his sons in the end.
53. qu. Of the particular years of the second part of the Persian Monarchy from the finishing of the Teple to the end thereof.
54. qu. Of the just computation of the years of the Grecian Monarchy.
55. qu. The several interpretations of Daniel's 70. weeks dispersedly handled before summed together.
56. qu. Why the 7. weeks are severed from the 62. v. 25. unto the Messiah shall be 7. weeks and 62. weeks.
57. qu. Whether these 7. weeks must be • ted before the 62. weeks or after.
58. qu. When this term of 7. weeks, that is 49. years began, and when it ended.
59. qu. Whether that place John 2. 20. that the Temple was 46. years in building, have any agreement with these 7. weeks.
60. qu. Unto Messiah the Prince shall be 7. weeks, v. 25. who is here understood by the Messiah.
61. qu. The street shall be built again in a troublesome time, how this was fulfilled.
62. qu. Of the 62. weeks, how they are to be understood.
63. qu. Shall Messiah be slain, v. 26. who this Messiah was that should be slain.
64. qu. And he shall have nothing, or rather not for himself, of the meaning of these words.
65. qu. Of the year of the nativity of our blessed Savior.
66. qu. Of the computation of years from the creation to the nativity of our Blessed Savior.
67. qu. In what year of the reign of Herod our blessed Savior was borne.
68. qu. In what year of his age Christ was baptized.
69. qu. How many years Christ lived on earth, and in what year of his life Christ was put to death.
70. qu. Of the number of Pasches which Christ solemnized in the days of his flesh, whereby the time and years of his preaching is certainly gathered.
71. qu. At what time of the year Christ was borne.
72. qu. Of the space and distance of time, that was between Christ's baptism and his passion.
73. qu. Upon what day of the week Christ suffered, and whether upon a festival day.
74. qu. Who are meant by the people of the Prince to come.
75. qu. how long after the Messiah was slain this destruction happened by Titus.
76. qu. Why mention is made of the destruction of Jerusalem here, seeing it is without the compass of the 70. weeks.
77. qu. Of the meaning of these words, v. 26. the ende thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the ende of the battle it shall be destroyed.
78. qu. That the end of the state of the Jews not of the Romans is here signified
79. qu. Of the most grievous calamities that fell upon the Jews in the final destruction of their city.
80. qu. That all this misery came upon the Jews for putting to death the Messiah.
81. qu. He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week, how this one week is to be understood.
82. qu. What is understood by the covenant.
83. qu. How this covenant was ratified and confirmed.
84. qu. When this Testament began to be ratified and confirmed by the preaching of Christ.
85. qu. v. 27. In the half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice to cease: when this half week began.
86. qu. How and when the sacrifices were caused to cease and were abolished.
87. qu. What is meant by the ouerspreading of abomination, v. 27. of the best reading thereof.
88. qu. What this abomination of desolation was.
89. qu. v. 27. Whether the desolation of Jerusalem here spoken of should be final.

Questions upon the tenth chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. Of the excellency of this vision revealed in this chapter, and the two next, unto Daniel.
2. qu. How the third year of Cyrus is here to be understood.
3. qu. Of Daniel's understanding of this vision.
4. qu. v. 1. Why Daniel maketh mention of his name Belteshazar.
5. qu. v. 2. Why Daniel was so long in heaviness.
6. qu. Of the time that Daniel mourned which was three weeks of days.
7. qu. Of Daniel's abstinencie.
8. qu. Of the custom and use of annointing, which Daniel also forbeareth.
9. qu. Of the river Hiddekel where Daniel had this vision.
10. qu. Whether Daniel were only in spirit or bodily present by the river Tigris.
11. qu. Why this vision was shown unto Daniel by the river Tigris.
12. qu. Whether it were an Angel or Christ which appeared here unto Daniel.
13. qu. Of the description of the manner how Christ appeared, and first of his apparel.
14. qu. Of the glorious parts of this heavenly body which appeared unto Daniel.
15. qu. How Daniel is said to see the vision alone.
16. qu. The causes of Daniel's great fear.
17. qu. Whose hand it was that touched Daniel.
18. qu. Why Daniel's prayer being heard at the first, yet the Angels coming was deferred 21. days, v. 12.
19. qu. What it was that Daniel prayed for and how he was heard.
20. qu. Who is understood to be the Prince of Persia.
21. qu. How the Prince of Persia is said to have withstood the Angel.
22. qu. Who this Michael was which helped the Angel.
23. qu. How Michael helped the other angel.
24. qu. How the angel saith he was left with the kings of Persia.
25. qu. Who it is whom Daniel calleth Lord, v. 17.
26. qu. Who it was that had this communication with Daniel in this vision.
27. qu. Who is meant by the Prince of Grecia.
28. qu. Of the original of the Grecians here called Javan, v. 21.
29. qu. In what sense the Angel saith, that none held with him but Michael their Prince.

Questions upon the 11. chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. Whether this vision in the 11. chapter be diverse from the former vision in the 10. chapter.
2. qu. v. 1. Who it was that here saith, I stood up, &c.
3. qu. Who it was whom the Angel stood up to strengthen.
4. qu. Why the Persian Monarchy is so briefly touched, and the Grecians set forth at large.
5. qu. That there were more then three kings of Persia, as may be gathered out of the Scripture.
6. qu. Who were those four kings of Persia here named.
7. qu. Of the fourth king of Persia his riches and power.
8. qu. why the Angel leaveth at the fourth king of Persia, seeing there we • e more.
9. qu. A brief description of the rising and fall of Alexanders kingdom.
10. qu. Of Alexanders birth and education, acts and life, end and death abridged.
11. qu. Of the 4. successors of Alexander.
12. qu. How all Alexanders posterity was rooted out that none of them succeeded in the kingdom.
13. qu. Of the meaning of these words, v. 4. It shall be for others beside these.
14. qu. Of the petty divisions of Alexanders kingdom among his several captains before it grew into four, and of their mutual dissension.
15. qu. why the Angel prosequuteth the story only of the king of the South and of the North, omitting the rest.
16. qu. Of the kings of Egypt and Syria of whom Daniel prophesieth in this chapter.
17. qu. Of the first Ptolemy called here the king of the South.
18. qu. v. 5. One of his Princes shall prevail, who is meant hereby.
19. qu. That this kingdom of the North is the same which Ezekiel calleth Gog and Magog.
20. qu. Of the first variance between the king of the South and the king of the North, and of their joining together again.
21. qu. what king of the South this was whose daughter came to the king of the North.
22. qu. Of the translation of the Septuagint, which was procured by this Ptolemy Philadelphus.
23. qu. who was the bud of her roots v. 7. and of his exploits.
24. qu. Of the third battle between the king of the South and the king of the North v. 10. 11. 12.
25. qu. Of the first expedition of Antiochus the great against Epiphanes king of Egypt.
26. qu. Of the second expedition of Antiochus the great against Ptolomeus Epiphanes.
27. qu. Of the third expedition of Antiochus Megas against Epiphanes, v. 17.
28. qu. Of Antiochus expedition against foreign countries, v. 18.
29. qu. Of the death of Antiochus the great, ver. 19.
30. qu. Of the acts and end of Seleucus Philopator, the son of Antiochus the great, ver. 20.
31. qu. whether the rest of this chapter be properly understood of Antiochus Epiphanes or of Antichrist.
32. qu. Of the first entrance of Antiochus Epiphanes to the kingdom.
33. qu. Of the first expedition of Antiochus Epiphanes against Egypt, v. 22. 23. 24.
34. qu. Of the second expedition of Epiphanes against Egypt, verse. 25. 26. 27. 28.
35. qu. Of the third expedition of Antiochus Epiphanes against Egypt, v. 29. 30.
36. qu. Of the meaning of the word Chittim, v. 30.
37. qu. Of the persecution of the people of God by Antiochus, and the manner thereof, v. 31.
38. qu. What is understood by the arms, v. 31.
39. qu. Of the defiling of the Sanctuary and the manner thereof.
40. qu. How Antiochus used as his instruments certain wicked persons that forsook the law.
41. qu. Of such things as the faithful people should do and suffer in this persecution.
42. qu. Of the consolation of the afflicted church of the Jews.
43. qu. Of the pride of Antiochus, and the exalting of himself against God.
44. qu. Antiochus impiety and inhumanity further described out of the 37. v.
45. qu. How Antiochus is said not to have respect to the desires of women.
46. qu. Of the strange God, that Antiochus shall set up, v. 38.
47. qu. Of Antiochus politic devises to maintain the idolatrous service of his new god, v. 39.
48. qu. Of the last expedition of Antiochus against Egypt, Judea, and other nations, v. 40. 41. 42. 43.
49. qu. Where the Lybians and Ethiopians inhabited.
50. qu. Of the ende of Antiochus, and such things as immediately went before.
51. qu. Of the sudden and fearful ende of Antiochus.

Questions upon the 12. chapter of Daniel.

1. qu. What time is here meant, and in that time shall Michael stand up, v. 1.
2. qu. who is understood here to be Michael the great Prince.
3. qu. What time of trouble the Angel here speaketh of.
4. qu. What deliverance the Angel speaketh of, and of whom.
5. qu. Whether all the Jews shall be saved before the coming of Christ.
6. qu. what kind of book Daniel here speaketh of.
7. qu. Why this mystery of resurrection is here plainly revealed to Daniel.
8. qu. Of the coherence of this comfortable mention made of the resurrection with the former prophesy.
9. qu. why it is said, many of them which sleep shall awake, and not all.
10. qu. A descriptiō of the resurrection both of good and bad.
11. qu. Of the great glory which shall be given unto those which instruct others to salvation, v. 3.
12. qu. How the faithful teachers are said to justify others.
13. qu. why Daniel is commanded to seal the book, and what is the meaning thereof.
14. qu. Until the time defined or appointed, v. 4. what time this was here limited.
15. qu. Of these words, many shall run thorough, and knowledge shall be increased.
6. qu. what two they were which Daniel saw by the brink of the river, v. 5.
17. qu. who it was that inquired of the man clothed in linen, v. 6.
18. qu. who the man was clothed in linen of whom the question was asked.
19. qu. what is meant by a time, two times, and an half, v. 7.
20. qu. Of the meaning of these words, v. 7. when he hath made an ende to disperse the hand of the holy people.
21. qu. what it was that Daniel understood, v. 8.
22. qu. whether Daniel had altogether a repulse in his demand.
23. qu. Of those words, v. 10. the wicked shall do wickedly, and none shall have understanding: what wicked he speaketh of.
24. qu. what the abomination of desolation is, mentioned v. 11.
25. qu. The 1290. mentioned v. 11. how to be taken.
26. qu. The term of 1335. days expounded.
27. qu. Of the last words spoken to Daniel's go thy way unto the ende, v. 13.
28. qu. If thou shalt rest and stand up in thy l • t.

The sum of these questions amounteth to 593. or thereabout.

Places of Controversy.

1. Contr. THe vulgar Latin translation not the best.
2. contr. The history of Susanna, the song of the three children, and of Bel and the dragon, are no parts of Daniel, nor of the Canonical Scripture.

Controversies upon the 1. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. Whether the changing of the Popes name be grounded upon the example of Peter.
2. contr. That fasting is not meritorious nor satisfactory.
3. contr. That the prescript of fasting days for abstinence, and for forbearing of certain kinds of meats, is no • warranted here by Daniel's abstinence.
4. contr. v. 20. What the wise men of the Chaldeans were, and whether the wise men which came to Christ were kings.
5. contr. v. 20. Of the Magicians among the Chaldeans, and how that such were always opposite to the true Church of God, as diverse of the Popes were such.

Controversies upon the 2. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. That the Scriptures should be extant in the vulgar and known tongue.
2. contr. That prayer must only be made unto God.
3. contr. That prayer is not meritorious, but grounded only upon God's mercy.
4. contr. That Matrimony is no Sacrament.
5. contr. That the Saints merit not.
6. contr. v. 21. That the Pope hath no power committed unto him to put down kings.
7. contr. That the Pope cannot be Christ's Vicar general in earth.
8. contr. That the time of Christ's coming to judgment, cannot be gathered from Daniel's prophesy, v. 44.
9. contr. v. 45. Whether the virgin Marie be the mountain out of the which the stone was cut.
10. contr. Whether Christ verily increased in the gifts and graces of the soul.
11. contr. That the Pope is not to be reverenced, honored, and worshipped through the world.
12. contr. That it cannot be proved out of Daniel's prophesy that the Pope is not Antichrist.
13. contr. Of the lawfulness of Magistracy, against the Anabaptists.

Controversies upon the 3. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. That an image used for any religious use, and an idol, are all one.
2. contr. Against the adoration of images.
3. contr. Whither images in Churches may be tolerated, though they be not adored.
4. contr. Of the ways and means whereby idolatry is promoted.
5. contr. Of the use of Church music, and musical instruments.
6. contr. The multitude of professors doth not argue the truth of the profession.
7. contr. Of superstitious dedications.
8. contr. That counsels and general assemblies may err.
9. contr. The fire and sword and other cruelties, the weapons of idolaters and superstitious men.
10. contr. That these three servants of God were not delivered for their virginity or abstinencie.
11. contr. Against the Vbiquitaries.
12. contr. That miracles are not always a note and sure mark of the Church.
13. contr. Whether a contrary religion may be tolerated in a Commonwealth.
14. contr. That the conversion of Nebuchadnezzar, doth not signify the conversion of the Devil in the ende of the world.

Controversies upon the 4. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. That the virgin Marie was not without sin.
2. Contr. Against free will.
3. Contr. Against the invocation of Saints.
4. Contr. That the Pope is not the distributer of kingdoms.
5. contr. Against satisfaction by works.
6. contr. Of the certainty of remission of sins.
7. contr. Which be the good works of Christians.
8. contr. That God's providence is not only a bare prescience or permission.
9. contr. Against the Pope who would be without check or controlment.

Controversies upon the 5. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. That idolaters and worshippers of images make them their gods.
2. contr. Whether images in Churches may be retained, though they be not worshipped.
3. contr. That not Protestants, but Papists are the profaners of holy things.
4. contr. That there are no certain periods of kingdoms.

Controversies upon the 6. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. Against canonical and stinted hours of prayer.
2. contr. That it is no Apostolical tradition to pray toward the East.
3. contr. That the public profession of our faith is necessary, and it is not sufficient to have it inwardly in the heart.
4. contr. That it is not lawful worshipping God to look toward an image.
5. contr. Against the Papists and Vbiquitaries, that hold a carnal presence in the sacrament.
6. contr. Of the false suggestions of the Papists against the Protestants.
7. contr. Of the unjust proceeding of the Romanists in their cruel inquisition, condemning the Protestants, their cause not being heard.
8. contr. Of the practicing of Popes against Princes.
9. contr. Whether one is just before God by an inherent justice.
10. contr. Whether Daniel's innocence were the meritorious cause of his deliverance.
11. contr. That a general faith, called salus implicita, an implicit faith, is not sufficient.

Controversies upon the 7. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. The Church is not discerned by the greatness and largeness thereof.
2. contr. Whether the Saints shall judge the world.
3. contr. The vulgar Latin translation not authentical.
4. contr. Of the diverse orders of Angels.
5. contr. The glorious persons of the Trinity are not to be represented by any image.
6. contr. Against the Vbiquitaries which hold an omnipresence of Christ's humanity.
7. contr. That diuturnitie and long continuance without interruption, is no infallible note of the Church.
8. contr. That the dominion of the Pope is temporal rather then spiritual.
9. contr. That Antichrist is already come.

Controversies upon the 8. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. Prosperity and external felicity, is no perpetual note of the Church.
2. contr. That the abomination of desolation spoken of, v. 13. is not the abolishing of the sacrifice of the Mass.
3. contr. The authority of the Scripture dependeth not upon the testimony of the Church.
4. contr. The description of Antiochus agreeth to the Pope and Antichrist.

Controversies upon the 9. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. That prayer and fasting is not meritorious.
2. cont. God only is to be invocated, not Saints or Angels.
3. contr. That Christ is the only Mediator.
4. contr. Against prayer or invocation of the dead.
5. contr. Of the name of the Catholic Church, that it is but usurped by the Romanists.
6. contr. That no man is perfect in this life.
7. contr. That the prayers of the faithful are not meritorious.
8. contr. That we are not justified by any inherent righteousness, but imputed only by faith.
9. contr. Whether sin any way after forgiveness may be said to remain in the faithful.
10. contr. That charity is not more principal in the matter of justification then faith.
11. contr. That the Pope doth blasphemously usurp the title of Christ, to be called most holy.
12. contr. Whether the Sacrament of the Altar be most holy.
13. contr. That Christ is Mediator both as God and man.
14. contr. Against the sacrifice of the Mass.
15. contr. Against the Jews, that the Messiah who was expected of the Fathers, is already come into the world.

Controversies upon the 10. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. Against superstitious fasting.
2. contr. That Paradise was a terrestrial place.
3. contr. Against the curious distinction of the orders of Angels.

Controversies upon the 11. chapter of Daniel.

1. Contr. Of the birth and offspring of Antichrist.
2. contr. That Antichrist shall not be one particular man.
3. contr. That Nero the Emperor shall not be the great Antichrist.
4. contr. That Antichrist shall be a deceiver rather then a victorious conquerer.
5. contr. Of Antichrists miracles.
6. contr. That Antichrists coming shall not be deferred to the ende of the world.
7. contr. That Antichrists seat shall not be at Jerusalem.
8. contr. That the city of Rome shall not be utterly destroyed before Antichrist shall come.
9. contr. That the Papists Antichrist and the Jews Messiah shall come together.
10. contr. Of the true marks whereby Antichrist may be discerned.
11. contr. How the description of Antiochus historically doth typically decyphre the Pope and Antichrist.
12. contr. That S. Paul speaketh of an apostasy and departure from the faith, 2. Thes. 2. 3.
13. contr. Of other notes and marks wherein Antiochus and Antichrist agree.
14. contr. How the Antichrist of Rome hath persecuted Emperors, Kings, Princes, and learned men for religion.
15. contr. Of the pride and blasphemies of Antichrist against God.
16. contr. How Antichrist is said to sit in the Temple of God.
17. contr. Of the prosperity and outward success of Antichrist.
18. contr. That external happiness is not a sure note of the Church.
19. contr. why the Lord suffereth Antichrist to rage against his church.
20. contr. That out of this text, v. 36. it cannot be proved that the Pope is not Antichrist, as Bellarmine intendeth.
21. contr. How Antichrist shall forsake his fathers god, v. 31.
22. contr. How the Roman Antichrist regardeth not the desire of women.
23. contr. That the Antichrist shall not care in deed for any god, nor have any sense of religion.
24. contr. How Antichrist shall bring in a strange god which his fathers never knew, v. 38.
25. contr. Of the theatrical and pompous service with silver and gold, which Antichrist hath found out for his new idol.
26. contr. How Antichrist shall distribute honors and possessions unto his favorites and that for money.
27. contr. Of Antichrists insatiable ambition, cruelty, and covetousness.
28. contr. Of the rage and fury of Antichrist.
29. contr. How Antichrists palace is planted between two seas.
30. contr. Of the fearful ende of diverse Popes.

Controversies upon the 12. chapter.

1. Contr. Against blasphemous Servetus that made himself Michael.
2. contr. Whether Enoch and Elias shall stand up with Michael in the last times.
3. contr. What manner of persecution shall be under Antichrist.
4. contr. Of the certainty of Election, that none of the elect can finally fall away.
5. contr. In what sense Moses wisheth to be rased out of God's book, Exod. 32. 33.
6. contr. That the souls of the faithful departed do not sleep until the resurrection, but presently enjoy the sight of God.
7. contr. That all men shall rise again, and not only the faithful, neither shall they die again.
8. contr. That Christ died not in general for all, but only for those that believe.
9. contr. That the faithful do not justify other by any merit or satisfaction, but as ministers only of salvation.
10. contr. That the Saints merits as they are diverse, do not merit diverse degrees of glory.
11. contr. The Scriptures are not so obscure but all may be admitted to the reading of them.
12. contr. Bellarmine confuted, who by diverse arguments out of this chapter, would procue the Pope not to be Antichrist.

The number of these Controversies is an 134.

The Doctrines and moral observations are not summed, as being neither so many in number, nor of such special note.

This Commentary was finished by God's gracious assistance, upon the 31. of Decemb. in the year 1608. anno aetatis Authoris 46.

Eph. 1. 3.

Blessed be God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ.

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3. 1. read Iaddua. 3. 4. read, was about an 160. years. 3. 41. read other, for either. 7. 27. prophetalem. 12. 9. koph. 12. 11. read, unto Jerusalem (not into, &c. 13. 8. read, it was not a, &c. 17. 1. for Cyrus, read Tyrus. 24. 32. dipnosophist. 24. 37. ghebed for ghebat. 41. 44. the house of his. 43. 34. read, ye would, 64. 37. read, 3. hundred thousand. 77. 17. read, girded thee. 81. 4. read, ex pacto for ex parte. 88. 9. read, inferreth, therefore, &c. 90. 18. read, in the first occasion, for accusation. 91. 49. read, deliver us or not, V. 94. 26. read, ouertopped. 98. 57. they for those. 113. 6. read, occasion of stumbling. 118. 18. read, deliberate, 124. 5. read, not so much in. 131. 31. read, Nimrod. 140. 55. Pint. 143. 39. read, defined for defended. 145. 18. read if, for and if. 150. 54. read obscene, for obscure. 181. 45. for the holy spirit, r. the law. 184. 22. read, incredible. 184. 31. read, coniunctum. 198. 36. read, their. 210. 30. at that time. 210. 57. read, heard of. 237. 9. read, grounded. 252. 14. read, they were. 252. 23. read, virgin. 323. 24. read, 70. for 72. 373. 4. Daniel. 384. 24. phrase. 397. 43. read, Angel. 401. 26. abridged. 423. 25. for both by, read by. 429. 41. r. leeloah, 42. read, it be, for it might be. 434. 2 • . this is, for that is. 448. 3. Exarch. 451. 39. Pontisicem. 456. 26. for, nay rather that, read that. 459. 17. read, bought. 460. 25. forgeries. 472. 35. read, prophetical. 486. 30. Aretas. 491. 4. for whence, read hence. 509. 29. for money.

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Concerning the controversy of Christ's increasing in the graces of the spirit, thus much further may be added by way of explanation. 1. Out of Cyril, that corporale augmentum, &c. the growth of body, and increasing in wisdom, humanitatis mensurae conueniat, ageeth unto his human condition: as Christ was God he increased not. 2. In respect of his hypo •• aticall union, there was no increase: he was in the very first instant of his conception perfect God and perfect man, as Heb. 1. 6. when he bringeth in his first begotten Son into the world, he saith, let all the Angels of God worship him: divine worship was due unto Christ, at his very first coming into the world. 3. Concerning the graces which the divine nature conferred upon his humanity, they were either habitual, infused into the soul of our Savior in the very first union, or experimental: the first increased not, but were as ample and full in the first instant of this blessed union, as afterward (for Christ's soul came not into his body as tabula abrasa, a bare and naked table wherein nothing is written, as our souls are,) saving that these infused and habitual graces could not show themselves, till the organical body was made fit thereunto, as at 12. years he disputed and apposed the Doctors: these graces increased only per modum declarationis, by way of declaration, as Cyril saith, voluit quasi paulatim diuinitatis suae gloriam declarare, he would by little and little manifest the glory of his dietie. 4. Yet the experimental knowledge, which is gathered by sense and experience, increased in Christ, as Ambrose well determineth, sapientia sensu proficit, quia à sensu sapientia, sensus igitur proficiebat humanus, wisdom increaseth by sense, for wisdom cometh by the sense: his human sense increased, &c. and consequently his experimental wisdom and knowledge: and that there was an accession of his experimental knowledge, the Apostle showeth, Heb. 2. 18. in that he suffered and was tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.

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