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and then put for Heaven it (elf, fee Tfal. xi. 4/ Chapter
xviii. 6. Jonah if. 7. So the Phrafe denotes that XXVIII.
this Prince might be compared to the Cherubims i/"VNJ
overfhadowing the Mercy-Seat, or the Angels
whoftood before the Throne of God, typified by
the Cherubims in the Temple: The Expreflions
ftill alluding to the high Station of Satan before his
Apoftacy.
Ibid. Thou haft walked up and down in the midft
of the Stones of Fire.'] Thy Dominion was in
the upper Region of the Sky, where Halftones
and Lightning are formed ; or as Tertullian Paraphrafes
the Expreflion, Lib. 2. Contr. Marcion.
cap. io. Inter gemmantes fiderum radios demora-
tws : Thou hadft thy abode among glittering Stars :
as the Angels are fometimes called : See Job xxxviiu
7. Ifa. xiv. 1 3.
Ver. 15. Thou waft ferfeB in thy Ways tillVQv. 1$,
Iniquity wasfound in thee.'] An exa£t Defcription
of the Angelical Purity in which the Devi! was
created, and in which he continued till being lifted
up with Pride, he fell from his firfb Eftate.
Ver. 1 6. 'By the Multitude of thy Mc\rchandife, Ver. 1 6,
they have filled the midft of thee with Violence.
8rc] Thy Skill in Trading hath degenerated i. to
Violence, Cheating and Extortion; for which I
will degrade thee from the Honour of being nearly
related to me, as my IVSinitfer and the Executor
of my Commands, by whi.h thou d'tfft: refemble
the Dignity of the Angeiick Order. Sec Ver. 14. .
Ver. 17. Thine ffeart was Uftt,. trpbecattfe c^Ver. 17,.
thy "Beauty.] Compare Ver. 9, 13. Chap. xxxi.
1 o. So the Devil was lifted ug with Triae upon