John Trapp on Zechariah 6:5

Verſe 5. Theſe are the four ſpirits of the heavens] Angels are ſpirits, Heb. 1.7, 14. and ſpirits of heaven, Mat. 24.36. Gal. 1.8. reſembling their Creatour, as children do their Father, both in their ſubſtance which is incorporeall,Hence they are called ſons of God, Job 1.6. and 38.7 and in their excellent properties, Life, and Immortality, Bleſſedneſſe, and Glory: a part whereof is their juſt Lordſhip and command over inferiour creatures. For like as miniſtring ſpirits they ſtand before the Lord of the whole earth, who ſends them out at his pleaſure, to ſerve his providence: ſo, they have, (as his Agents and Inſtruments, no ſmall ſtroke, in the ordering and managing of naturall and civill affairs, as may be ſeen in the firſt of Ezechiel. The wheels, that is, the events of things, have eyes, that is, ſomething that might ſhew the reaſon of their turnings, if we could ſee it. And they are ſtirred but as the living creatures, that is the Angels ſtirred them: And both the wheels and living creatures were acted and guided by Gods ſpirit as the principall and ſupream Cauſe of all, the Lord of the whole earth, as he is here called.

that ſtand before, &c.] As waiting his commands, and ready to runne on his errand, Mat. 18:10. Dan. 7.10. Jacob at Bethel ſaw them. 1. aſcending, ſc. to contemplate and praiſe God, and to miniſter to him. 2. deſcending, ſc. to execute Gods will upon men, for mercy, or for judgement, Pſal. 103.20. For which purpoſe, Ezekiel tells us that they have four faces, to look every way, when as Gods watch-men they ſtand ſentinell in heavens turret. And that the ſole of their feet is like the ſole of Calves feet, round, and ready to go either forward or backward with greateſt facility: that as they ſee every way, ſo they are apt to go every way for the diſpenſing of Gods benefits, and executing of his chaſtiſements toward the Elect, and vengeance on the reprobates. All this they do juſtly,2 Sam. 24.17 2 King. 19.35 Gen. 19.11 Acts 12.23 Rev. 16.16 diligently and purely, with faith in receiving Gods commands, Rev. 15.6. clothed in pure white linen, and having their breaſts girded with golden girdles. Let us labour to obey God, as Angels do: elſe we may be Angels for gifts, and yet go to hell.