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Chapter uncertain; original source section: Chapter 16

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English translation and editorial credits: Benjamin Plummer Pratten (original ANF VIII translator credit), Alexander Roberts (Edinburgh series editor), James Donaldson (Edinburgh series editor), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (American revision with prefaces and notes), Matthew Brown Riddle (American volume collaborator; individual note authorship unspecified).

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Dan. vii. 9, 13, 22.

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Head of the Lord—His simple Divinity; because He is the Beginning and Creator of all things: in Daniel.

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Ipsa regnandi potestas.

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The throne of the Lord—angels, or saints, or simply sovereign dominion. In the Psalm: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.”

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Ps. xlv. 6; comp. Ps. v., xxix.

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The throne of the Lord—angels, or saints, or simply sovereign dominion. In the Psalm: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.”