22 And the likeness of the ^afirmament upon the heads of the ^bliving creature was as the ^ccolour of the terrible ^dcrystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

  1 Q. What is the ^asea of glass spoken of by John, 4th chapter, and 6th verse of the Revelation?
  A. It is the ^bearth, in its ^csanctified, ^dimmortal, and ^eeternal state.

  2 Q. What are we to understand by the four beasts, spoken of in the same verse?
  A. They are ^afigurative expressions, used by the Revelator, John, in describing ^bheaven, the ^cparadise of God, the ^dhappiness of man, and of beasts, and of creeping things, and of the fowls of the air; that which is spiritual being in the likeness of that which is temporal; and that which is temporal in the likeness of that which is spiritual; the ^espirit of man in the likeness of his person, as also the spirit of the ^fbeast, and every other creature which God has created.