DANIEL AS A TYPE OF CHRIST.
That all their wise men could not see,
And from the king conceal'd to be,
The dream that he had got at first,
Though it so much disturb'd his rest.
Now to the nations I shall come,
And bring the vision unto them;
For they no more do know, than he,
What's coming on fulfill'd to be.
In vain the wise men they do call—
The vision's deep I tell you all;
Because I said 'twas for the end
To bring it round 'twas my intend-
And every nation is like he,
Greatly perplex'd, and more they'll be,
Until a DANIEL can be found.
But mark the end and judge the sound,
The way that Daniel did appear,
To save the wise men, thou know'st, there;
And though their lives he then did save,
A mystery deep to man I give-
For all must see what followed on:
The fiery furnace heated by them.
Now here the thing goes deep for all:
When I at first to man did call,
And much like Daniel did appear-
But now thy thoughts within I hear:
Can I with Daniel e'er agree,
To place my likeness then in he,
As I was cast and he was sav'd?
No likeness here can'st thou believe,
But now the shadow I shall clear,
What is of Daniel mention'd there;
But unto Isaac thou must come
To bring the shadow of the man;
And the shadow thou may'st see,
How Daniel stood a type of ME,
Because that Isaac was at first;
Know how the likeness it was cast;
For Isaac was condemn'd to die,
And there's the shadow strong of ME;
And Daniel was condemn'd the same;
The lions first began in men,
That by their malice did appear:
His death like Isaac he might fear
When in the den that he was cast:
But here's the mystery comes at last;
Their malice could no further go,
I sent my angel, you do know,
The lion's mouth to shut it there.
But he from man did disappear
I tell you all, condemn'd to die,
Then there the shadow deep doth lie :
For know I was condemn'd to die→→→
But here the mystery deep doth lie.
The lions did in man appear,
And to the cross they brought ME near;
And so, I say, my life was cast.
And know the guards how they were plac'd
To roll the stone and put the seal-
But here the mystery I'll reveal:
The lions could no further go;
My angels came, you all do know,
And shut the mouth of every man ;
So I like Daniel rose again.
Then now the shadow you see clear,
The way that Daniel I compare
To be a shadow first of ME,
As Isaac was, you all may see.
Now from the shadow I'll go on
The way that Daniel first began,
The Jews were scatter'd, all do know;
Their sins had brought on them a blow,
To have their city to be cast;
And that's the way that Daniel burst
Amongst the heathens to appear.
The righteous Jews 1 then did spare
For signs and wonders of the end,
To bring all round as I intend*.
And now I'll tell thee of the kingt;
The knowledge of his dream was gone,
That all the wise men could not clear,
Till Daniel did to him appear-
And perfect so 'tis now with man;
Surrounded now by dreams they stand,
And so they all did stand at first.
Now mark the shadow how't did burst:
When on this earth I did appear,
Their wisdom like his dream was there,
That they no more could understand,
How for the end I came to man:
And for the end I did appear,
Which all the wise men could not clear:
And so the children they did die,
By Herod's malice, all do see,
Just as the shadow was before:
Thou know'st the king had cast them there;
But then his rage did not go through—
I'll bring all mysteries to thy view,
Then to the substance I shall come,
To shew the end to every man.
The shadow first began in him,
That men in Herod they did see;
Because the wise men him deceiv'd:
He said the children should not live,
As they conceal'd from him the whole:
You see the children they did fall.
So now the shadow all must see,
The way the end turn'd back must be...
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
† Nebuchadnezzar.
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Mark how the king did then go on,
After the dream to him was shewn:
He boasted as he did before !!
Another dream was shewn him there,
The way his end would surely come-
And deep's the vision now for man;
The heathens all must fall like he;
For with the beast compar'd they be;
And like the beast they'll now go on
Till I begin to cut them down.
The shadows they are past before,
And mark when Herod did appear
With all his boasted pride to swell,
He was destroy'd, you all know well.
Yet still the heathens did go on
To persecute as he began:
For though my wonders they did see
Greater than Daniel's for to be,
Mark every step I did go through,
For to awake the stubborn Jews;
But all my labour was in vain.
Like Daniel's visions you see plain,
The way men's malice still went on:
The more my miracles were shown,
The more they were enraged to see
The wondrous working then of ME.
Now thou hast marvell'd at the first
How e'er mankind that way could burst,
After the wonders they had seen!—
How I preserv'd the sons of men ;
And how the heathens I destroy'd;
Yet still, their malice they enjoy'd
To bring their fatal ruin on.
Then to my Gospel now I'll come:
They saw my wonders at the first,
They saw my Bible how 'twas plac'd;
They saw the wonders I did do,
And some thou know'st beliey'd them true;
While others harden'd did appear
So marvel not of Daniel there,
The way the heathens did go on;
Because the Jews had done the same:
They saw the blind receive their sight;
They saw the lame to walk upright;
The dumb to speak, and deaf to hear;
They saw the wonders did appear,
When I the dead did then restore;
And how I fed the hungry poor!
By miracles the whole was done :
And on the seas I came to man.
Now if these wonders you see clear,
Just like the fiery furnace there,
It might have stopt the rage of men
To quench the flames that were in them;
And so to some it did appear,
To quench the flames in many there;
Yet still, in rage did some go on,
These miracles to them were seen;
Yet still their fury did
appear
For to go on as they did there.
And from the heathens all may see
What blindness in the Jews there be;
For they went on as equally blind,
Like Belshazzar: call to mind
When he had seen the wonders first,
The way his father had been cast,
And all the wonders did appear,
He still went on as heretofore,
Till the hand-writing he did see,
The kingdom it was took from he:
Now this the Jews did all discern,
The way their ruin did come on,
In every age how they were cast:
Still in like manner they did burst,
As in all ages heretofore;
Yet still they'd Daniels to appear,
That in my Gospel they were found:
They heard my WORD, and judg'd the sound,
That I was then the Son of God;
And in the fire with them I trod,
To hear the fiery zeal of men,
Who hot with rage from hell did come:
Yet still unhurt they did pass through,
While I was here, you all do know;
Because my Death did first appear
Before their Cross did follow here.
So weigh my Gospel, and you'll see
How much with Daniel 't doth agree,
In every chapter there is penn'd-
But now I'll bring it to the end:
Thou knowest how Daniel he was cast;
The lion strong in man did burst;
And see how I was cast the same,
After the wonders I had done;
And though all this was done before,
More than in Daniel did appear,
From all the chapters thou dost see-
Mark well my Gospel, how it be
More full of wonders than the first;
Yet still thou knowest that I was cast
By all the fiery zeal of man.
Then to the Cross I bid them come
And see the wonders that were there,
And how the darkness did appear;
The temple's veil was rended there;
The graves were open at the time;
And many men in heart and mind,
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Impatient waiting then for ME;
As from Darius thou may'st see,
Impatient waiting for Daniel there;
And so my followers did appear,
Who griev'd to see ME at the stake,
And hearts with anguish then did break:
Yet still they trusted, as a God
I should arise, as I had said-
And so to them I did arise!
Then let the sons of men grow wise-
As Daniel's foes were slain at first,
Upon Jerusalem I did burst,
And all my foes were slain the same;
Yet still they did not know my rame.
So here the past I've well gone through
To bring the likeness to your view;
Then now the present must appear,
To shew the end, how I shall clear
The every inystery unto man;
Like Daniel I did rise again;
Like Daniel's vision all must see
The words the angel said of ME-
That sure again I should appear
As in the clouds they saw ME there;
So in the clouds I should return.
And now to Daniel's vision come:
The horns of men do now appear,
As I have told thee here before,
In unbelief for to go on,
As in all ages they have done;
And so their horns do loud appear-
The words of men are every where
To sound aloud in unbelief,
And so they will bring on their grief:
For now 'tis drawing to the end,
To shew my Bible, how 'tis penn'd;
And for what types the whole have stood,
That men may trace the ways of God;
And every footstep deep discern,
The different ways of God and man.
Now from the vision seen at first,
Thou know'st the way the shadow's plac'd;
But now the SUBSTANCE shall come on,
And every vision shall be known
Will fall on man where's unbelief;
They'll see my hand, and feel their grief,
I tell them all, is hastening on:
These visions here are deep for man-
But from the king I first shall go,
Where I my wonders first did shew.
Those that desire to know my mind,
But with the beast their hearts do bind;
That is in pride, I say, to swell,
And judge all power is in themselves;
Yet where's a heart in ought that's good?
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