John Trapp on Ezekiel 9:2

Ver. 2. And behold ſix men came] Ad hunc Dei clamorem vel clangorem the Angels came, the Chaldees came, at the call of this Lord of Hoaſts, who hath all creatures at his beck and check.

By the way of the higher gate] Called alſo the New gate, Jer. 26.10. built by Jotham, 2 Chron. 27.3.

Toward the North] Where ſtood the idol of jealouſy, and whereby Nebuchadnezzar entred: Per quod quis peccat, per idem punitur & ipſe.

One man among them] This was a created Angel ſay ſome, chap. 10.2. Chriſt, the Angel of the Covenant, ſay others, with more likelyhood of truth.

Clothed with linnen] As High-Prieſt of his people, and withal, an offering for them, and that without ſpot, Heb. 7.

And a writers inkhorn by his ſide] An enſign of his Prophetical office, ſay ſome: as his linnen cloathing was of his Prieſtly; and of his Kingly, that he was Among or in the midſt of the ſix ſlaughter-men, as their Captain and Commander.

They went in and ſtood beſide the brazen altar] Where they might receive further inſtructions from God. So in the Revelation, thoſe Angels that were to pour out the vials of divine vengeance, are ſaid to come out of the Temple.