John Trapp on Revelation 8:12

Verſe 12. And the third part of the Sun] The Prelates and Patriarchs.

And the third part of the Moon] The inferiour Church-Officers.

And the third part of the ſtarres] The community of Chriſtians. All began to be over-ſpread with groſſe ignorance, not only of heavenly truths, but of humane ſciences, which are here called the night, in compariſon of Goſpel-light. Gregory the great (thought to be that Angel mentioned in the next verſe) though better then any that ſucceeded him in the Popedome, calling himſelf the ſervant of Gods ſervants, and carrying himſelf modeſtly in the daies of Mauricius the Emperour; yet when Mauricius was ſlain by the traitour Phocas, how baſely did he claw the traitour, and collogue with him: commending to his care the Church of Rome, and often minding him of Peters primacy, and of that ſpeech of our Saviour, Thou art Peter, &c. for no other end, but that he might enlarge his juriſdiction over all Churches, by the favour of that parricide?