weyght, number vp all kindes of creatures, taking the diui¦sion of places wherein they be. Which is done to amplify the matter, for though it be the verie same as if he should say (hee that hath created all thinges) yet we are more drawne into ad∣miration of so great power, wisedome, & goodnes, when wee here recited the heauē & all creatures which are therein, whe∣ther we vnderstand the Angelicall powers, or the starres, whē we consider the earth & the infinite kindes of liuing creatures plāts, stones, & mettals, which are in the same, whē we behold more diligently the great huge sea, & the innumerable formes and shapes of liuing thinges which are ingendered in the sa∣me. And that he mentioneth these thre places onely, he doth it according to the vsuall maner of the holye scriptures, bycause these thre commonly are most in sight to the common sort, and the holy ghost by his infinite mercy doth abase him selfe to the capacitie of the rude and ignorant people. Although to say the trueth, all creatures are conteyned in these thre places. For no∣thing is ingendred in the element of fire, and the scripture cō∣prehendeth the higher regions of the ayer in which the meteo∣res are made, vnder the name of heauen, so that they are also called the fowles of heauen which flye in the lowest parte of this ayre which compasseth vs about.
That time should be no more. &c. The greeke worde 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 signifieth the long delay of time. Wherevpon it is sayed that 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 dothe signifie to delaye, or be slacke. For hee doth not vnderstand, as certayne do to subtiltie gather. yt the mouing of the higheste sphere of the heauen called Primum mobile, by which we measure time, shall then cease, but that from thence forth there shall be no stop, nor stay to deferre out redēption, nor no delay to take vengeance vpon ye vngodly & reprobate: for they shall not then mocke the iudgemente of God, as they now carelesly deride that, which is foreshewed concerninge his seueritie and sharpenes.
Vers. 7.
But in ye daies of y• voice of ye 7. Angell whē he shal begin to blow
HE sheweth how long the day of the last iudgement shalbe proroged, euen vntill the time in which the seuenth aungel