A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein…

§. 61. Of the like Excellencies of every Angel.

1. That many of them are not simply and properly to be taken (as if Angels were indeed flames of fire, or, fair youths, or sate on thrones) but by way of similitude the more conspicuously to set out sundry excellencies in them. 2. That the distinct Titles do not so much set out distinct persons, or orders, or degrees among the Angels, as distinct properties, gifts, and excellencies in them; ⟨p. 62⟩as is evident by this phrase applied to Angels in four several apparitions; they four had the face of a man, and the face of a Lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an Ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an Eagle, Ezek. 1. 10. So as one was not as a man alone, and another as a Lion, and a third as an Ox, and a fourth as an Eagle; but all four had one likeness; Hereby it was implied, that every Angel was prudent as a man, courageous as a Lion, laborious as an Ox, swift as an Eagle: In like respects the same person was called a Prophet, a Man of God, and a Seer,