...Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ; the great end in view, is to teach their wicked and rebellious hearts, ' that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will :' and along with this lesson of God's personality and power, to teach this other lesson of his holy providence,...

...will, and setteth up over it the basest of men, &c. And they shall drive thee from men, &c. until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. — Dan. iv.17. 32. 0 thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy...

...18, !•. $ Etefc. ixix. 18—30. || Vol. i. It Ami*. L xc H. ** Dan. »»• word of the holy ones ; to the intent that the living may know that the Most...he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. The king, justly terrified at this dreadful dream, consulted all his wise men and magicians, but to...

...Daniel—" This matter is by the decree of the WATCHERS, and the demand by the word of the Holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom." The office of these watchers, or Charlies of the night, being to see the Most High home to bed in decent...

...the tree was a dreadful calamity that should befall him, and continue till he should be brought to know " that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will." Strange as it must seem, notwithstanding Daniel's weight and credit with...

...solemnly exhibited for the instruction of man. Here we are convinced by experimental and decisive proofs, that " the Most High " ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever "he will;"* "that wisdom and might are his ;"f "that the " race is not to the swift,...

...him,—what doest " thou m ?" By such miracles, alone, was this proud, but ingenuous, monarch convinced, that " the " Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men ; and " giveth it to whomsoever he will"." In how few words,—how simply, yet how sublimely—is the same illustrious...

...established. " This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most...he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men *." They are indeed alike subject to, and dependent on, the supreme Creator and Lord of heaven and...

...over him. This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most...whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of 18 men. This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation...

...Macedonians, or Romulus among the Romans.§ This verifies that passage in holy Scripture, which declares, "That the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men,...whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest ofmen."!! ' Onias, the sovereign pontiff of the Jews, had neglected to send to Ptolemy the usual tribute...