Isaiah 60:8

Isa 60:8 Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Ver. 8. Who are these that fly as a cloud? ] Which flieth more swiftly than any bird, and covereth the sky far and near. Deus bone, quam multi catervatim accurrunt! saith the Church here; wonderful! what trooping and treading upon the heels one of another is here! a

And as the doves to their windows. ] To their columbaries, whereinto they scour and rush gregatim, et mira pernicitate, especially if they have young ones there, or else are driven by some hawk or tempest. b God’s people are free hearted; Psa 110:3 they serve the Lord with cheerfulness. Psa 100:2 Amor enim alas addit: and well might Plato descant upon the word, Oν θνητοι μεν Eρωτα, Aθανατοι δε περωτα καλουσι , whom men call love, the immortal call winged.

a Confertis agminibus.

b "Columba Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet auras."