There is no part of true philosophy, no art of account, no kind of science rightly so called, but the scripture must contain it.

All things here shew him heaven …

trees, herbs, flowers, all

Strive upwards stil, and point him the way home.

By the word of God heavens existed long ago, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water, through which the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist have been stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgement and destruction of ungodly men. But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. … the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up… But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Moses must be so interpreted in the first Chapter of Genesis, as not to interfere with himself in other parts of his History; nor to interfere with S. Peter, or the Prophet David, or any other Sacred Authors, when they treat of the same matter. Nor lastly, so as to be repugnant to clear and uncontested Science. For, in things that concern the natural World, that must always be consulted.