16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.



Ver. 16. And he that sat on the cloud] That is, Christ, who soon condescendeth to the suits of his servants. Iste vir potuit quod voluit, said one concerning Luther. The death of Arius was precationis opus, non morbi, the fruit of prayer, rather than the effect of his disease, saith another. He was brought to confusion by the prayers of Alexander, the good bishop of Constantinople.