And he had in his hand a (3) little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth,
(3) Namely, a special book of the affairs of God's Church: For the book that contains things belonging to the whole world, is said to be kept with the Creator (Revelation 5:1) but the book of the Church, with the Redeemer: and out of this book is taken the rest of the history of this Apocalypse.