INTRODUCTION. 



a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury 

 and to rebuke with flames of Jire. 1 In 

 Ezekiel's vision, coals of fire were taken from 

 between the cherubim to scatter over Jeru- 

 salem. 2 



Having noticed the ideal meaning of these 

 mystic symbols, and their connection with 

 and subservience to Jehovah of Hosts, as the 

 God of Israel, of Israel both according to the 

 flesh and the spirit; 3 our next inquiry must 

 be whether there are no physical or meta- 

 physical beings or objects, concerning which 

 the same things are predicated in Holy 

 Scripture, as concerning the cherubim; for 

 if there are, as equals of the same are equal 

 to one another, it follows that these things 

 must be synonymous. 



Every student of Holy Writ, when he turns 

 his attention to this observation, will imme- 

 diately recollect passages in which the same 

 things are predicated of the heavens ; thus it 

 is said of God, as the God of Israel Who 

 rideth upon the heavens in thy help, and 

 in his excellency upon the sky.* And again, 



1 Isai. Ixvi, 16. Ezek. x. 2. 



3 1 Cor. x. 18. * Deut. xxxiii. 26. 



