was silent, and spake not in the behalfe of his friends: and Lyranus saith, vidit regem ob∣stinatum
in malicia, & ideo tacuit, &c. he saw the king setled and obstinate in his malice, and
therefore held his peace. But Daniel had offended much, if beeing present, he should by his
silence and connivence haue betraied these innocents, as the wise man saith, Prou. 24. 11.
Wilt thou not preserue them, that are lead to be slaine?
2. Pererius thinketh that Daniel beeing a great Prophet might foresee that God would
deliuer them out of this daunger by some great miracle, that thereby the power and glorie
of God might be set forth: as our blessed Sauiour suffered Lazarus to die, that he might get
greater glorie by raising him vp againe out of his graue.
Contra. 1. Our blessed Sauiour and Daniel, the master and the seruant, are not well
matched together: Christ had all power and knowledge in himselfe, so had not Daniel. 2.
he knew not of his deliuerance from the Lyons himselfe, when he was cast into their denne:
for then it had beene no triall of his saith, if he had bin sure to be deliuered, much lesse is it
like, that he foresaw the miraculous deliuerance of these.
3. Therefore Daniel is excused by his absence, and ignorance: he neither was present, and
so consequently was ignorant of all that now happened, beeing done speedily and in hast:
see before qu. 4.