John Trapp on Ezekiel 1:20
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Ezekiel1:20
Ver. 20. Whitherſoever the Spirit was to go] See ver. 1[illegible: 1 letter]. and take notice that whatever the inſtrument is or means of this or that occurrence, God is the main Agent. It is Chriſt who by his Spirit worketh all in all, in his Church, 1 Cor. 12.16. Eph. 1.11. Col. 3.21.Spiritus vitalis. There falleth not a haire from a mans head (nay not a briſtle from a ſows back, ſaith Tertullian) without God.
For the ſpirit of the living creatures] Or, of life. The Divine inſpiration was the procreant cauſe of the wheels motion. This is here called Haruach, that ſpirit, by an excellency: Eſt Deus in nobis. The ſpirit is in the wheels, as an inviſible but irreſiſtible Agent. The heart of the King is in the hand of the Lord: he turneth it whitherſoever he will, Prov. 21.1.
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