XC11 INTRODUCTION. 



sence, either to bless or to curse, is mani- 

 fested by them ; that his voice is heard from 

 them ; his glory irradiates from them. On 

 this account also they are called his paths. 1 



The Lord is said to come with fire, or 

 rather in fire; 2 to descend in fire; 3 to be a 

 consuming fire; 4 to speak out of the fire; 5 

 from all which passages it seems to follow, 

 that fire or heat form also one of the physical 

 cherubim upon which the Deity sitteth, or 

 which he inhabiteth, and by which he acteth. 



Light appears entitled to the same dis- 

 tinction ; for God is said to dwell in the light 

 that no man can approach unto, 6 and to cover 

 himself with light as with a garment. 7 



Lastly, air or wind, which God bringeth 

 out of his treasury; which is the type, and, 

 on the day of Pentecost, was the precursor 

 of the Holy Spirit, both in Hebrew and 

 Greek 8 is expressed by the same word dis- 

 tinguished only by its adjuncts ; and is one 



1 Ps. Ixv. 14. 



2 Isai. Ixvi. 15. Heb. ttfKl, the Septuagint seem to have 

 read UNO. 



3 Exod. xix. 18. 4 Deut. iv. 24. 

 * Ibid. 36. 6 1 Tim. vi. 16. 

 7 Ps. civ. 2. 8 ni 



