Heavens,—that intellectual heaven, where it is thechap. xiii property of the intelligence to know all at once, not in part, not darkly, not through a glass, but in1 Cor. xiii. 12 whole, clearly, and face to face; not this thing now, and that thing anon; but, as I said, know all at once, without all succession of times:—and I judge it spoken also, because of that invisible and void earth (without any succession of times) which uses to have this thing now, and anon that; the reason being, that where there is not any figure, there can be no variety of this or that:—because of these two, one first formed, and one utterly formless; the one heaven, meaning the Heaven of Heavens, and the other earth, meaning the invisible and shapeless earth:—because of these two, as I judge in the mean time, did thy Scripture say without mention of any days, In the beginning God created heaven and earth. For at once it added what earth it spake of; and when also the firmament is recorded to be created the second day, and called heaven, it gives us to note, of which heaven he before spake without mention of any days.

XIV

The Depth of Holy Scripture

Wonderful is the depth of thy words, whose surface,chap. xiv see, is before us, gently leading on the little ones: and yet a wonderful deepness, O my God, a wonderful deepness. It is awe to look.into it; even an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love. The enemies of it do I hate vehemently; oh that thou wouldst slay them with thy two-edged sword, that they might no longer be enemies unto it: for