John Trapp on Ezekiel 2:1

CHAP. II.

Ver. 1. ANd he ſaid unto me] Chriſtus ſolio ſic infit ab alto, Chriſt from his lofty throne thus beſpake me, who had now my mouth in the duſt, and had no more to ſay but this, Speak, Lord, for thy ſervant heareth.

Son of man] So this Prophet is called almoſt an hundred times in this Book: four times in this ſhort Chapter. The reaſon hereof I take to be this, ſaith a judicious Divine. He had viſions both more in number and more rare in kind revealed unto him, then any other Prophet had. Now,D. Gouge. leſt he ſhould be exalted out of meaſure through the abundance of Revelations, the Lord often putteth him in mind of his eſtate by nature, that he was but a ſon of man, a mortal man, even a worm.

Stand upon thy feet] God, for good ends, caſteth down ſometimes thoſe that are deareſt to himſelf: but then he comforteth the abject, 2 Cor. 7.6.

Dejicit ut relevet, premit ut ſolatia praeſtet.

And I will speak unto thee] So Dan. 10.11. Oracles are for ſtanders, not proſtrate ones: they require utmoſt attention of body, intention of mind, and retention of memory. See Num. 23.18. Judg. 3.20. with the Notes.