John Trapp on Ezekiel 11:1

CHAP. XI.

Ver. 1. MOreover the spirit lift me up] The ſame Spirit of God that lifted up and acted the living wights, and the wheels: like as the ſame breath cauſeth the diverſe ſounds in the Organs.

Ʋnto the Eaſt-gate] Of the outward Court, chap. 10.19.

Five and twenty men] Proceres populi, the Senatours of the City with their Prefect or Preſident. The like number is now at Rome, and likewiſe at London: an Alderman in each of the twenty four Wards, and a Mayor. See Rev. 4.4.

Among whom I ſaw Jaazaniah] I ſaw them and knew them by name, but for no good.

Judex locuſta civitatis eſt malus.Scaliger.