Quest. 15. v. 24. Seuentie weekes are determined, &c▪ How Daniels prayer is heard, praying for the peoples deliuerance.
Seeing Daniel made his request for the deliuerance of the people, the 70. yeares of capti∣uitie beeing expired, and the Angel doth open vnto him an other vision of 70. weekes of yeares, the question is, how this is answerable vnto Daniels prayer.
1. One answer is, that because Daniel had some reuelation of the Messiah, which should be incarnate, both by the vision of the stone cut out without hands, c. 2. and of the Sonne of man comming in the clouds, c. 7. he had an earnest desire to be further instructed concer∣ning the comming of the Messiah, and therefore herein the Lord satisfieth Daniels desire.
2. Lyranu•• addeth further, quia Dominus plus dat, quam ab eo petatur, because the Lord giueth and graunteth more then is asked of him: he doth not onely assure Daniel of the temporall deliuerance of the people, now after 70. yeares captiuitie; but doth reueale also vnto him, the spirituall and euerlasting deliuerance of the people of God after 70. weekes of yeares.
3. Father it is answered, that it is vsuall in Scripture, when any thing is spoken of, which is a type and figure of an other, that in the handling thereof many things are deliuered, which agree vnto the thing that is prefigured, not vnto the type: as in the Psalmes, Dauid and Salomon 〈…〉〈…〉 as types of Christ: where many things (as Psal. 2. Psal. 7••.) are decla∣red, which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in no wayes agree vnto them, but must be referred vnto Christ. And so in this prophesie, the temporall deliuerance of the people beeing a type of their spirituall deliue∣rance by Christ,* 1.1 vnder the one is signified the other, Perer. so also Rupertus, sic illam capti∣uitatem solvioptat, vt pro maiori sollicitus ••it, he so desireth that captiuitie to be dissolued, as that yet he is carefull for a greater deliuerance.
4. But it may furthe•• be answered, that beside that the Angel satisfieth Daniels desire concerning the deliuerance of the people, he also foretelleth of the spirituall deliuerance by Christ: that the people should not rest in that temporall benefit, but be in continuall expe∣ctation of the comming of the Messiah, by whom they should be redeemed from the bon∣dage of sinne, Polan. As also because the people notwithstanding this captiuitie of 70. years, continued in their sinne, the Angel sheweth that God would yet giue them a longer time ofrepentance, euen of seuentie weekes of yeares: after which time, if they repented not, their citie should be destroyed, according to the determinate sentence of God, Iun. in com∣mentar.