Book IV. THE ANGELS COMPARED TO THE FACE· oF A MAN, &c. 633 fidering whom they make War againfr! Can they ftand before the terrible God? God is their Enemy, Chrifr is their En<my, and the Angels of Heaven are agamft them, and their Enemies likewife. . Ill. Blefs God, you that are in CovenaAt with him, for the fake of thefe Helpers. IV. This lhews us alfo what great Glory is conferred upon the Lord Jefus ChrJ!t, m1r blefi'ed Mediator; he is the Head and chief Leader of all the glorious Angels; they are all at his Commancl, and ready to engage. in his Wars; if he but fpeak the Word, they come with flaughtering Weapons m the1r Hands, to execute h1s Wrath and Difpkafurc upon the World, Ezek. ix. z. THE HOLY ANGELS COMPARED TO THE FACES OF A MAN, OF A LION, {)f AN ox, AND OF AN EAGLE. And every one had four Faces, &c. Ezek. i. 6, 10. that is, every one of the living Crea,tures or Angels which the Prophet faw in the Vilion. FOUR particular Angels, as fame conceive, which were chief over the refr of the whole Haft of Angels. Others, upon better Reafon, rather underftand It relates to the four Parts of the vVorld, Ea.ft, We.ft, North, and South; i.e. the Work of An– gels laid out ·in all thofe Parts. See Mr. Greenhill on Ezekie/, p. 85. Obferv. I. God employeth glorious intelligent Creatures in his Ser·vice, in the Ways and Workings of his Power ar.d Pro·vidence in his World. Obferv. 2. '!'hat Angels are in all Q.,uarters of the Earth, taking notiu of Mens Works and Ways; they perceive what is done in evt~y Place, by the Ju.ft, and by the Unju.ft. '!'be Conjideration of whicb jhould 1nake us carry ourfe!ves wifely and bolily at all 'Iimes, and in all Places. • And every on~ had four Faces, 1. The F~ce of a Man. I I 3· The Face of an Ox. 2, The Face of a Lion. I I 4· The Face of an Eagle. In fome PiCtures, faith Reverend Mr.Greenhill, you may fee feveral Fa<;es fo drawn, that which way foever you look, a feveral Face is pre(ented: So here, before was the Face of a Man, behind the Face of a Lion, on the right Side the Face of an Ox, and on the left Side the Face of an Eagle. There is not a Face, bur is compared to the Face of fame principal Creature. Man is the Chief of all the reft, a L!an is·the King of wild Beafrs, the Ox is the Chief of the tame Oneo, and the Eagle is the Chief of the Birds. To thefe diftinEtly. I. THE FAcE OF A M A N. MET A PH 0 R. 1. THE Face of a Man notes Underftanding and the Ex– cellency of Reafon, by which all human Actions are managed. PARALLEL. I. ANGELS have great Knowledge and Underftandmg. By their L1kenefs unto Man, is laid before. us the Rationality, Knowledge, and Underfrandmgof Angels. They are not ignorant C"atures, but ipfa: lntelligentid', the rnoft under– ftanding Creatures in Heaven and Earth. The Woman of <rekoah faid to David, He was wife according to the IVijdo;n of an Angel of God, to k11ow all 'Things that are upon the Earth, 2 Sam. xiv. 20. thac is, he was very wife, as Angels are, to fearch out Underftanding, and difcover Things. Therefore Jerom thinks they are called Cheru– hims, from their much Knowledge; Cherubims, as it were, Rabbics, and ~eacbers of others. And this Office fome Angels have done. Gabriel, make this Man under.ftand the f/ijion. I am come to •~ake thee under.ftand what foal! befa! thy People in the latter Day, Dan. viii. 16. Angels, faith one, are good Philofophers, they know the Prin– cipks, Caufes, EffeCts, Life, Motion, and Death of natural Things; they are great Staofts, and know the Affairs of Kmgdoms. Dan. x. 13. fa1th Gabriel, I remained with the Kings of Perlia, &r:. They are faid to be full of E.1•es before and behind, becaufe 7 Y they
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