Daniel 10

Daniel 10:1

THe third] After hee had seized upon the Babylonian Empire, and had established the second Monarchie The time appointed] the Italian, The army was great] namely, Of the Angells which appeared in this vision. Others, The time appointed was long] that is to say, Though the things fore-told are not to be fulfilled of a long time; yet is the Prophecie true.

Daniel 10:2

Was mourning] For the enemies of our Nation, hindered the re-establishment of Jerusalem, and of the Temple, which Cyrus had given way to, Ezra 4:5.

Daniel 10:3

I eate no] I abstained from all meales wherein one might rejoyce: either at the qualitie of the food, or at the company that was at them, or that I tooke any delight in: I fasted with bread and water Annoint] For in times of rejoycing people did annoint their faces with sweet smelling oyles, when they went to the Table; and contrariwise, in time of mourning they did abstain from it: See Ecclesiastes 9:8. Matthew 6:17.

Daniel 10:4

Of the first] Of this presens yeere Hiddekel] Which is Tigris, Gen. 2 14.

Daniel 10:5

A certaine man] The likenesse of a man representing the Sonne of God, that was to take humane flesh upon him. See Ezek. 1. 26. and 40. 3. Daniel 12:6-7. Revelation 1:13 Uphaz] See Jerem. 10. 9.

Daniel 10:6

The Beril] the Italian hath it, Chrysolite] as Ezech. 1. 16. and 10. 9 Po〈…〉shed brasse] See Ezekiel 1:4. Revelation 1:15.

Daniel 10:7

Alone] As Acts 9:7.

Daniel 10:8

There remained] See Dan. 7. 15. 28. & 8. 27.

Daniel 10:12

From the first] See v. 2 That thou] By fasts and devotions didst dispose thy selfe to receive some propheticall revelation from God, concerning the State of the Church; to which the re-establishment of the Temple, and of Gods service, is yet forbidden; and the peaceable restauration of Jerusalem: though the seventie yeeres which were prefixed be past For thy Words] namely, To fulfill thy requests and prayers.

Daniel 10:13

The Prince] namely, Cambises, the son of Cyrus, who governed the Kingdome, whilest Cyrus was employed in sorraigne warres Now, Cambises was an enemy to the Jewes, and hundered the restauration of Jerusalem; and this Angel remained in Persia, for to represse him the space of three weekes, which was the time of Daniels fasting, v. 2. Whereby the execution of his Commission against Daniel was staid. Others, take this to be some evill Angel, Prince of the world, particularly assisting to these evill counsels which were against the Church Michael]Saint Jude calls him Archangel, Jude 1:9. that is to say, An Angel of eminent degree, which commanded the rest, Daniel 10:21. He is termed head of the Church. And Daniel 12:1. Defendor of the same; and Revelation 12:7. head of the Angels, Whereupon many thinke that it was the Sonne of God himselfe, as indeed Michael signifieth, Who is like unto God?

And so the meaning would be; that the Sonne of God had joyned his divine power to the worke of this Angel, for the defence of his Church One of the] If Michael be the Son of God; by these chiefe Princes may be understood, the three persons of the most holy Trinity. If a created Angel, the Archangels: See 1. Thes. 4. 16. So Angels are called Principalities and Powers, Romans 8:38. Ephes. 3. 10. Colossians 1:16 The Kings] namely, Cambises already declared King, and his Councellors, and Lords.

Daniel 10:14

In the latter] namely, In the declining, and almost at the end of their temporall state: a little before the comming of the Messias; under whom began another age, and a spirituall state of the Church: See Ezekiel 38 8. Habakkuk 2:3.

Daniel 10:15

I set] Through reverence and feare.

Daniel 10:16

My sorrowes] The Italian, My joynts] See Daniel 7:15. Others expound it, great sorrowes assailed me.

Daniel 10:17

The servant] I thy servant, in the state which I am in Of this] So glorious and Majesticall.

Daniel 10:20

Knowest thou] Hast thou not understood what I told thee, v. 14. that I was come unto thee, to tell what should hereafter happen to my Church? Will I returne] I will againe oppose all the Kings of Persias plots against my people: untill such time as going from thence, I goe and call Alexander to destroy the Persian Empire.

Daniel 10:21

That which is] namely, Gods determined counsell: which is, as it were; All written in His minde and providence, figurative termes: see Psal. 139. 16. and 149. 9 Malachi 3:16 There is none] No humane strength upholds the Church but Christ alone, who is her Head; by the ministerie of his Angels, v. 13. Joshua 5:14-15.