BEcauſe of the diuerſitie of names, whereby they vſed to name their Kings, and the ſupputacion of yeres, wherein the Ebrewes, and the Grecians do varie, diuers autors write diuerſly as touching this Ahaſhueróſh, but it ſemeth Daniél 6,1, and 9,1. that he was Darius King of the Medes, and ſonne of Aſtyages, called alſo Ahaſyueróſh, which was a name of honour, and ſignified great and chief, as the ſhe id Herein is declared the great mercies of God toward his Church, who neuer faileth them in their greateſt dangers, but when all hope of wordely helpe faileth, he euer ſtirreth vp ſome, by whome he ſendeth comfort, and deliuerance. Herein alſo is deſcribed the ambicion, pride and crueltie of the wicked, when they come to honour, and their ſodeyn fall when they are at higheſt. and how God preſerueth, and preferreth them which are zelous of his glorie, and haue a care and loue towarde their brethren.