Alcuin of York — on Rev 6:16 (COMMENTARY ON REVELATION)

“And they say to the mountains and the rocks: Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. As if they were overtly saying, "Bend your hearts with mercy, and protect us from the wrath of the judge with kind intercessions. Do not hide us from his face when he is having mercy, but hide us from his face when he is angry." As for why they are so terrified, they also say it afterwards:”