Gabriel] Chap. 8. 16. When this Angel Gabriel telleth Zachary of his name Gabriel, and is sent unto Mary, he calleth them to think upon this text; that by conference of Moses, Num. 4. and Daniel here, they might better consider the time of the promise. swiftly] Heb. with wearinesse, or flight. touched me] Chap. 8. 18. In token of incouragement to hear these mysteries, and of infusion of new divine vertue to understand them, and to keep them in memory, and of comfort in these promises. the time of the evening oblation] Exodus 29:39. Numbers 28:4. Oblation had with it prayer, and evening prayer time was at their ninth hour, our three of the Clock, as appeareth by Acts 3:1. at the same hour the Lord made himself that oblation, which here the Angel telleth, even most exactly when it should be performed.