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their Motions, and the fubferviency of one part of Chapter
Providence to another j fee the following Verfe, I.
and the Note upon ver* 9.
Ver. 17. When they went, they
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went upon their ^ erfe *•
four fidei] Each Wheel confided of four Semicir-
cles, eroding one another, as appears by the fore-
going Verfe, and each of thein had its proper
Motion.
Ibid. They returned not when they went] They ne-
ver went backward^ fee Chap. x. 11. to (ignify
that Providence doth nothing in vain, but always
accomplices its Ends: So God fpeaks of his Word
and Decree, Ifa. lv. 11. It flail not return unto me
void, but fli all accompli fl that which I pleafe. To
return by the way that he went, is a Proverbial
Speech fignifying a Man's miffing his aim, or not
accomplishing |his defignsj fee 1 Kings xiii. 9.
2, Kings xix. 33,
Ver. 1 8 As for their rings [or ftrakes] they were y
fo high -that they were dreadfully their Circumference
was fo vail as to caufe a Terrour in the Prophet
that beheld them : To fignify the vaft com-
pafs of Providence which reacheth from one end to
another mightily, Wifd. viii. 1. or as St. Prfz//expreffeth
it, the Heighth and Depth both of the Wifdom
and Knowledge ofGod, how unfearchable his "Judgments
are^ and his ways paflfinding out, Rom. xi. 33.
Dr. Lightfoot tranflates it, And they were Reverend,
that is, they were obfervant of that Prefence and
Glory upon which they waited, and watchfull to
obey it's Commands.
Ibid. And their Rijigs were full of Byes, about
thefe four] and fo were alfo the living Creatures
themfelves ^ compare Chap. x. 12. to (ignify that all
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