both cases. In the first, fire came down from heaven to vindicate the Sacred Word touching the system of Creation; and in the second, rain descended upon the earth to refresh the parched-up vegetation, and to exhilarate fainting man! We now proceed to the contemplation of Ezekiel's Vision, when the word of the LORD came expressly unto him, and the hand of the LORD was upon him. In this peculiar, and, as we may justly term it, awful and solemn situation, he proceeds to give, at verse 4, the following description of the cherubim: "And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire." Verse 5. "Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man." Passing thence to verse 16, we read, "The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appear Ezekiel Chap. 1. Huntly sc Ezekiel 1. Verse 4. And I looked, and behold a whirlwind |