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Pfah xviii. 2. 1. 3. xcviii. 2, 3. God alfo is defcribed Chapter
as & confuming Fire, when he comes to execute his I.
judgment upon Sinners, Deut. iv. 24. Compare
ver. 13. of this C/?#/>, Fire infolding it felf, is the
fame as appearing in folds, like one wreath within
another.
Ibid. And out ofthe midft thereof as the colour
of Amber] Compare Chap. viii. 2. Fire rekmbles the
colour of Amber, efpecially the lower Parts of it
So in that Vifion of Chrift, defcribed Rev. i. 13.
&C. 'tis faid ver. 1 5. that his Feet, or lower parts,
were like unto fine Brafs, or rather unto Amber, as
Dr. Hammond rightly explains the Word ^AxoA/-
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-Ver. 5* Alfo out ofthe midfl thereofcame the like-Vzxfe 5.
nefs offour living creatures'] Compare Rev. iv. 6.
where our Engliih Tranflation improperly renders
the word Zwa Beafts, whereas it mould be rendred
living Creatures, the better to diftinguifh them from
the Antic hriflian Be aft always expreffed in that
Book by Bw^'or. Thefe living Creatures were four
Cherubims that carried or fupported God's Throne
in the following Vifion : It may be in allufion to
the Triumphal Chariots of the Eailern Kings, which
were drawn by feveral forts of Beads ^ the Cherubims
as they were placed in the Temple being called
God's Chariot, 1 ChroniXXviu. 18.
Ibid. They had the likenefs of a Man"] Their
fhape was erect like the form of a Man.
Ver. 6. And every one had four Faces'] Of a Man, Verfe 6+
of a Lion, of an Cxe, and of an Eagle, ver. ic. each
of .them refembled the Cherubims, which overshadowed
the mercy feat in the Temple^ fee Chap. x.
20. The Jewilh Tabernacle was a pattern of Hea-
venly