The earth was corrupt] That is, all People or Nations of the earth were corrupted with sin, as an infected body with putrefied sores, Isaiah 1:6. with all sorts of sinne, especially with lust, violence, and idolatry; though God by his absolute power might marre all creatures that he had made, for he may doe with his owne as he listeth, as the Potter may doe with his vessell, yet he that made man without his helpe, will not destroy man without his fault: So that his wickednesse makes Apologie for Gods Justice, though nothing in man be meritorious of mercy, and he hath none to charge with his calamitie but himselfe, Hosea 13:9. Isaiah 1:19.