John Trapp on Ezekiel 1:18

Ver. 18. As for their rings they were ſo high] Apſides earum tam amplae ſeu altae ut propterea formidabiles. The rings or ſtrakes (Heb. backs) of theſe wheeles were ſo broad and high, that they ſtruck terrour into the beholders. It is hard to take the altitude of ſecond cauſes. Well might one write a book of the Vanity of Sciences, and another a Tractat Quod nihil ſcitur. I would ſee the proudeſt of you all define the nature of a ſtraw, as one preached in Cambridge to all the Schollars: ſo of a flower, of a fly, &c. Well might David ſay, Thy judgements, Lord, are a great deep, Pſal. 36.6. ſuch as hath neither bank nor bottom. Well might Paul cry out O the depth! how unſearchable are his wayes, &c. Rom. 11.23.

And the rings were full of eyes] Inſtead of cart-nailes. Underſtand hereby Gods all-ſeeing Providence, which never erreth, but alwayes ordereth the worlds diſorders to his own glory.

Round about them four] The Divine Providence is like a well-drawn picture, which eyeth all that are in the room. See 2 Chron. 16.9. Pſal. 34.15. Zach. 4.10. Job 34.21. and 36.7. Jer. 16.17. and 32.17.