





Mirabilia Dei · VIII
The Fiery Furnace
Fornax Ardens-
Prologue
The eighth wonder
The Fiery Furnace, told in 5 scenes — The Golden Statue, Three Who Stood, Seven Times Hotter, The Fourth Man and Not a Hair Singed.
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Scene I
The Golden Statue
Daniel 3 · 1–7King Nabuchodonosor made a statue of gold … all the nations, tribes, and languages fell down and adored the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
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Scene II
Three Who Stood
Daniel 3 · 12–18Behold our God, whom we worship, is able to save us from the furnace of burning fire … But if he will not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not worship thy gods, nor adore the golden statue which thou hast set up.
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Scene III
Seven Times Hotter
Daniel 3 · 19–22He commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times more than it had been accustomed to be heated. … And the flame of the fire slew those men that had cast in Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago.
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Scene IV
The Fourth Man
Daniel 3 · 91–92 (24–25)Behold I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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Scene V
Not a Hair Singed
Daniel 3 · 94 (27)The great men of the king … considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.
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The verse
All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
Daniel 3 · 57
Next wonder · IXThe Valley of Dry Bones
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