OH that thou wouldest rent the heavens] That thou wouldest, by thy mightie power, declare thy love to thy Church: descending again, as thou sometime didst at the giving of the law. Exodus 19:18. Psal. 68. 2, 8.
the mountains might flow down] Or, melt. Vers. 3. Chap. 34. 3. Micah 1:4. Alluding to the manner of burning hils, such as Etna in Sicilie, and Soma in Italie, which breaking out, are wont to runne down with streams of fire and sulphurie matter, into the seas beside them, and valleys beneath them.