the foure spirits] Or, winds. Foure principall Angels, as it were, commanders of squadrons, who are sent from God into all the quarters of the world, and from thence repaire againe into his presence. from standing before the Lord] Who stand in the presence of God, waiting his commands, ready to go forth in the speedy execution of his eternall counsels and decrees: as is most plain, Job 1:6. &Job 2:1. 1 Kings 22:19. Daniel 7:10. and above, Zechariah 1:10. Matthew 18:10. Hebrews 1:14.