But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and [there is] none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Ver. 21. In the scripture of truth,] i.e., In God's infallible and unchangeable decree, which, for our apprehension, are here compared to court rolls and records, ex usu forensi. And God's providence, which is nothing else but the carrying on of his decree, is that helm which turneth about the whole ship of the universe.
And there is none … but Michael your prince.] But how many reckon we him at? as that king once said of himself to his fearful soldiers. He alone is a whole army of men, van and rear both. Isa 52:12