Chap. phire ſtone, * as the appearance of the likeneſs of a* | f throne, 26. a Or 41d, which conneCting this with the ninth Chapter, will con. note the time, wherein he thus ſaw þ in Spirit or Viſion, and this Viſioa is the ſame of chap. r. repeated, or very little differing from ir and with ſome particular Deſign, which that of chap. 1 did not ex? preſs, viz. a deſign of leaving the Temple and City deſolate. © See chap. I. wer. 22. and 26, d Called living Creatures, chap. r. wv. 5, _ ſee. e See chap, 1. v. 26. 27. where theſe things are ſpo. en to.
2 And g he ſpake unto the 5 man clothed with linnen, and faid, : Go in & between the wheels, even under the cherub, and / fill thine F hand with coals of fire from be- +1 tween the » cherubins, and » ſcatter. cherms over the City. fin And he went o in my ſight. © inf
£ Thar fate on the Throne; 7. e. God who rules the World ang Pay ht * Church. 4 To Chriſt as before, chap. g. wv. 2. 57 It is ſaid chap. 1. 1 ver. 18. that the Rings of the Wheels were dreadful, bur here is a Di. vine Command which incourageth and inſureth, and leſſens the Dread and Terror. & Whether between the four, or between the two fore. moſt, or hindermoſt, or rather between the Wheels, that made 1 one Wheel, 15 not material to enquire. / This expreſceth the fulneg of Vengeance which would overtake them, and the certainty and ſpee. dineſs of Judgments; for ſuch a quantity of Coals in the Hand ready to be ſcattered abroad, will very ſoon ſet all in a Flame. »: Either to intimate to us, that this Fire was the Vengeance of God upon them ; for he fits between the Cherubims, and is canſnming Fire to | Sin ; or to intimate, that the Vengeance was for Sins againſt the Grace x of God, who ſat between the Cherubims, and thence gave our his Grace toward Iſrael. Exod. 25. 20. 21. and Heb. 9. 5. But abuſed Grace will kindle into Fire » That it may take Fire in all parts and none may eſcape ; ſo caſt the Fire, thar the Coals may fall on every part. o Which aflur'd the Prophet of the certainty, and intimate( too the ſpeed of the Effect which will be within five Years ſpace.
3 Now the cherubims p ſtood on the q * right ſide of iiÞ. the houſe, when 'the 7 man went in; and the s cloud fil. i led the 7 inner court. |
p As Servants, and ready, waiting for Orders. 9 the North {de 7. e. ſay ſome, -the fide toward Babylon, from whence the Deſolation. that Fir2 came which conſumed the City. r Chriſt the Lord of An gels, who now attend his Coming and Commands. 5 As the ſign of Gog': Þ - Preſence, ſo an Emblem of the Troubles, and Darkneſs of Affliction; ® | coming upon Jerxſalem. t£ The Court of the Prieſts, who were, az | ir appears, chief in the Apoftacy and Idolatry, and ſhall now he chief in the Miſery and Ruine which overwhelmed thens about five Þ Years after.
4 Then the « * glory of the LORD + » went up'4 8 trom the cherub, and » food over the threſhold of the! houſe ; and the z houſe was « filled wich the 5 cloud,” F and the c court was of the brightneſs of the LORDS glo. q E Iy. | Th & Either the viſible Token of the Preſence of the God | that which chap. I. ver. 28. and chap. 3. wer. 23. and chap. Chriſt, who is the Glory of the Temple, and of his People, nay is the Brightneſs of his Father's Glory. '» In Difpleaſure, and jn token of his Departure from the Temple. y Shewing both his Un. willingneſs to leave, and giving them time to bethink themſelves, and return by Repentance; and he ſtands where he might be ſeen both by Priefts and People, that both might be moved ro Repentance. + The Temple, the moſt venerable and privileged place. a There had been a fulneſs of Sin, there 1s now a fulneſs of Sufferings. 6 A very great | Darkneſs followed upon Chriſt's Departure from the Houſe. © Nor ro Þ.. ® reſide there, but when Chriſt did turn his Back upon the Temple, and [98 was coming through the Court, a Light of Majeſty ſhines before him. Pſal. 18. 12,13.
5 And the 4 + ſound * of the cherubims wings was;
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$. 18. ypon their head. | z My Reſolution 1s fixed. a That Eye they thought did not ſee to govern, ſhall ſee to puniſh. b They ſhall find me a Sovereign to vin- dicate my ſelf, and do Juſtice againſt their Injuſtice. See ch 5. v. x1. and ch. 7. v. 4.
11 And z behold, the a man 6 clothed with linnen, which 4ad the inkhorn by his -| ſide, « + reported the matter, ſaying, 1 have done 4d as thou haſt commanded me. z While God gave the Prophet the Account ef the Peoples Sins, and of his own Reſoluticns. « Chriſt. 5 Innocent one, and our Prieſt. c As*twerecame in, or returned from doing that Work moſt delightſul to him. & The Hebrew Text is according, or as, but the Reading is with (47) added, according to af that which thou O my Father haſt commanded me ; as Job. 14. 3I. |
CHAP. X.*
The wiſim of the coals of fire to be ſcattered over the city, r—— 17, Of the wheels and chcrubins, with their order anda motion, 8 22.
I 6 Hen TI 65 looked, and behold, in the c firma- ment * that was above the head of the 4 che-
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the Court of the Women. g As a mighty and terrible Thunder. which is Pſal. 29. 3. 4. 5. the Voice of the Lord. h As when he ſpake on Mount Sinai, which made them all fear, and the Sighs lo terrible, that Moſes: himſelf trembled. Heb: 12,
ed the man clothed with linnen, ſaying, Take fire from between the wheels, & from between the cherubims; /then he weat in, and »- ſtood beſide the wheels. |
k What is ſaid to be between the Wheels, is ſaid alſo to be berween the Cherubims, which repreſent Angels the Miniſters of God's Pro- vidence ; and ſo now is obſerved to be among the Wheels in ths Effe&s or Order of God's Providence, is among-or between the A#- gels, the Miniſterial Cauſes thereof. /Readily obey'd. m» Either 35 one that deferr'd Execution, to try whether the City wou'd repent; 9 as one that was to give ſome farther Order to Angels that were to be the Miniſters of his juſt Diſpleaſure : and whereas wer, 3. the Cherv- bims ſtood as Servants waiting ; here Chriſt ſtands as a Lord con manding, they obey him, he obeys his Father.
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'ris all repreſented to the Prophet, and by him to them. F This was
6 And it came to paſs, that when he 7 had command.