Wesley Corpus

It was cried - Still there was one who guided, as by vocal direction. Unto them - To each of them. Every one - Of the living creatures, chap.1:6. For - There is a perfect harmony between second causes in their dependence on, and subjection to, the one infinite, wise, good, holy, and just God. The spirit of God directs all the creatures, upper and lower, so that they shall serve the divine purpose. Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of providence, which are full of eyes. And stood - On the right side of the house, where the cherubim were in the inner court. And every one - The glory, the cherubim, the wheels, all stood, respiting execution, and giving opportunity of preventing the approaching misery. The east gate - The last court, the court of the people. I knew - Either by special assurance as a prophet, or by comparing them with those which he had often seen in the temple.