64. Passing by the elders in the book of
Daniel; Hist. Susann.,
5. for it is better to
pass them by, together with the Lord’s righteous sentence and
declaration concerning them, that wickedness came from Babylon from
ancient judges, who seemed to govern the people; how are we affected by
Ezekiel, the beholder and expositor of the mighty mysteries and
visions? By his injunction to the watchmen Ezek. xxxiii. 2. not to keep silence concerning vice and the
sword impending over it, a course which would profit neither themselves
nor the sinners; but rather to keep watch and forewarn, and thus
benefit, at any rate those who gave warning, if not both those who
spoke and those who heard?