Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 1:10
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Zechariah1:10
10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees , answered , and said, these are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to, and fro through the earth .
Vid. ver. 8. let. t. u. x. y.
Gave answer to what I asked.
Horsemen.
A periphrasis of Angels, who are Servants, and Ministers of the Divine Providence in the Government of the World.
God is pleas'd a[illegible: 1 letter]ter the manner of men to speak of his managing the affairs of the World; men must employ others, because they need them, God will employ Angels, though he needs them not.
The Empires which his Churches were either help'd or injur'd by; These were partly by the Pride of their Emperours, partly by the flattery of their Servants and Ministers, and partly by the Ignorance of the World at that time in matters of Geography thought to be the whole Earth; and the Scripture sometimes useth phrases, used and well known among men, though there be some impropriety in them.
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