John Trapp on Ezekiel 3:12

Ver. 12. Then the ſpirit took me up, and I heard behind me, &c.] This was for the Prophets encouragement, and to put mettle into him, as it were, that he might the better bear up amidſt all, ſith he ſhould ſhortly bear a part in that Angelical conſort, whoſe [non-Latin text not transcribed], as Theodoret hath it, their dayly ſervice is ſinging of Pſalmes.

Bleſſed be the glory of the Lord from his place] i. e. From heaven, where Saints and Angels glorifie his name without ceaſing or ſaciety. Monica after a diſcourſe with her ſon Auguſtine, about the happineſs of heaven, concluded thus, Quantum ad me astinet, fili, nulla re amplius delector in hac vita. Quid hîc facio? As for me, what make I here, ſith I take no more pleaſure in any thing that is here to be had? A picture of a globe of the whole earth, ſaith one, ſet out with all the brave things that ſea and land can afford with this ſentence encircling it round, To be with Chriſt is far better, is a Chriſtians Emblem, and ſhould be his ambition.