Now he describes both cherubims and wheels as full of wisdom, and as governed by an excellent wisdom. Their whole body: angels have not bodies of flesh, but body here is figurative, as also back, and wings, and hands. The two latter are expressly ascribed to the cherubims, Ezekiel 10:8; the two former not mentioned before, (as I think,) but all full of eyes, i.e. wisdom, foresight, watchfulness, and diligence. That they four had; the four cherubims had to move, govern, and direct.

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