...and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that THE MOST HIGH RULETH IN THE KINGDOM OF MEN, and gfveth it to whomsoever he will. The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he...

...say the least of it, very questionable, when it is manifestly opposed to the purposes of Him, " who ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will." (Dan. iv. 17.) And the question is thus reduced to the very aimpie one, whether the temporal and eternal...

...changed into the appearance of a beast, instead of a man, till he should know that " the Most High nileth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will." Now. we know that what the Lord ordains comes quite certainly to pass, and so it was that poor Nebuchadnezzar...

...sufficient evidence to Abram, that He who spake to him was indeed " God of gods, and Lord of lords," who " ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will." . . . . i . ' ,. : But we will consider the words more particularly. The (irst verse contains the command...

...God's enemies will, with the haughty king of Babylon, be brought to see that " the Most High ruletb in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will." Hnppy are they who obtain a saving discovery of this great truth in the present world, and are disposed...

...hint to the subjects of any monarchy to rise in rebellion against their prince. Chapter iv. 25. — " Till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will." — Upon this passage Calvin remarks, that " it teaches us how difficult it is for us to ascribe supreme...

...xxxix. 27, 28. 0 king, this is the decree of the most High : 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. 24, 25. 32. Behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, &c. Then shall she say, 1 will go...

...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 of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men." The tree, which Nebuchadnezzar saw, was a fit emblem of his...

...of that government, which God had thus appointed over the nations : " to the intent that thou mayest know that " the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, " and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth " up over it the basest of men : " 2 and the history of these kings manifestly shews that they...

...xxxix. 27, 28. 0 king, this is the decree of the most High : 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. 24, 25. 32. Behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, &c. Then shall she say, 1 will go...