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on 10 the 5 hahds of 53m that ivas Clothed with lifinen, who - took it, and #« Went Our. | | = 1 One of the four. o Which was under his Wing) 45 chap: I: vcr. 8. which fe. p This that reached the Fire to Chriſt, ſtood among the : ing forth his Hand, or. exerting his Strength and
Ny 0 by $ and utt1 . .* } Cherubims, anC Þ nd his. q Vid. ver.2. and c<þ.1. v.13.
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for 'tis in the Plura! Number. b__ might employ ir when he would. » From amidſt the Angels, and cut of the Temple ; or from the Threſhold, where all chis Viſion appear'd as on its Stage z and he goes into the City to pre- pare al), that nothing be done tov ſoon or too Jate.
8 & And there x appeared in the y cherubims, the z form
of a mans + hand under their * wings.
«x To the Prophet. » The Miniſtring Spirits. x Shaped to ſpeedy accurate working, 'tis therefore a Man's Hand. + One Hand was put forth to reach the Fire, and that one is mentioned, tho the Angels had Hands under their Wings. * The manner of Angels working is hereby infinuated, for 'ris ſecret and ſpeedy ; ſecrer, as hidden under wings, and ſpeedy, as elt:&ed by the ſwifreſt Motion ; the very Speed hideth it.
9 And when I a looked, behbld, the 5 four wheels by
the c cherubims, one wheel by one cherub ; and another wheel by another cherub ; and the appearance of the 4
wheels was'as the colour of a e beryl-ſtone. a Artentively viewed. 6b Mention'd chap. 1. wer. I5. 16. and there explained. « One Wheel by one Cherub, fo four Cherubims, and
ſour Wheels. d The Revolutions and Effefts among Worldly and Sublunary Affairs, as W heels unſtable, yer governed by a ſure Wiſ- dom. e Of Sea-green, to note the Inſtability, in a more pregnant
Simily.
10 And as for their f appearances, g they four had one likeneſs, as it a wheel had been in the mid(t of a
wheel.
f Tho there might be various Aſpe&s and Faces of Things, yet in this great Variety there was great Harmony, all of one likeneſs; vid. chap. 5. ver. 16. and move to one great End. g Wheels.
1: + When 7 they went, they & went upon their four ſides ; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the / head looked z they followed it ; they » turned fot as they went.
h Whenſoever they did go, what occaſion foever they had to go.
; The Wheels moved by Chernbims, or that Spitit of Life which mo- |
ved the living Creatures. & Theſe Wheels were ſo framed, that they
could not move on all four Sides withour the difficulty and delay of
turning, See chap. 1 ver. 17. 1 Of the living Creatures looked, the
not from the deſigned courſe and. work till finiſhed.
had.
o Now he deſcribes both Cherubims and Wheels as full of Wiſdom, and as governed by an excellent Wiſdom. p Angzls have nor bodies of Fleſh, but Body here is figurative, fo Back,and Wings, and Hands ; the two larter are expreſly aſcribed ro the Cherubims, wer. 8. the two formcr not mentione d before, (as I rhink ) bur all full of Eyes, z. e.
ifiom, Forelight, Watchſalneſs and Diligence. 9 The four Chery.
bims had to move, govern and dire,
T 12 As for the r wheels || ic was s cried unto # them in
Os þ-y my hearing, © wheel.
1 6 one who guided as by voca! DireC&ion.
"8--! by that O Wheel, and the Piophet is Ear-witneſs of it. 1.1 And every » one had four faces ; the firſt x face as
the face of a y cherub, and the ſecond & face was the lace
of a man, and the third the face of a Lion, and the fourth
y As to their Frame and Motion, however *twas. s Still there wa
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the face of an Eagle.
Revolution. Face, Cc. vid. chap. 1. wer. 6, 10.
a Or, liited up themlelves, ready ro attend on the Lord of Glory
who was now departing from his polſuted and impenitent People. 5
See chaps 3. $3, Ia; If, 19, :20, 21; 22: | 7 16 And * when the cherubims went, the wheels wen
beſide them.
17 When they ſtood, zheſe ſtood ; and when they were > lifted up, zbeſe lifted up themſelves alſo : for * the Spirit of
12, te living creature was in them. Subj=ttion to rhe one Infinite, Wiſe, Good, Holy and Juit God.
Chorulims,
; b The Jews dream'd that Ged could not depart from his Temple ; wdced whillt 'twas his, and uſed as his, he did nor, nor would he de- but he will abandon it when profan'd, and thereby made nor
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ted up from the earth F in my fight : when they wen: out,
Spirit, as chap. 1. ver. 12, 20. And admirable Wiſdom did guide and manageall. » The Wheels do certainly and orderly tollow. » Divert
12 0 And their whole p -+ body, and their backs, and . their hands, and their wings, and the * wheels were full . of eyes round about, evez the wheels that they 94 four
: To each of them, as appears
s Of the living Creatures, ch9p. 1. wer. 6. the cherubims 1n this Chapter. x Which each had. » In Babylon, at the River Chebar, he ſaw fomewhar a different Face; in the Temple liz ſeeth a Cherub, one of the faces which leads us to look on Angels imploy'd 1a thoſe 2 The ſecond which each Checubim had was a Man's
15 And the cherubinis @ were lifted up : this # the 5 \; living creature that [ ſaw by the river Chebar.
Theſe two Verfes are explained, chap. 1, wer, 20. which fee, A perfe& Harmony between ſecond Cauſes in their Dependance on, and
18 Then the glory of the LORD 56 departed from off the rhreſhold of the © houſe, and ſtood 4 over the
Chap, XI.
" oe. -0, . a , ; 4 k 4 es. S : : p a Pe his £ Temple, he had withdrawn ou? 6f the SanRuary, ſtood a while at the Door. d On the right ſide of the Houſe, where the che:uzbims were in the inner Court, vey, 2.
19 And the cherubims lift up their wings, and moun-
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