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S. LO Pric 1; Office, nor having any great Work in which he uſed his | Tone during his Miniftration, which was more the Work of the Haus, he accompliſhed the Days he was to Miniſter, and then de- parted to his own houſe 5 for the Days of their Miniſtration, they had thcir Lodgings in Buildings appertaining to the Temple. :
24 And atter thoſe days his wife Elizabeth concet- ved, aud hid her ſelf five months, ſaying,
25 Tis hath the Lord dealt with me, in the days wherein be looked on mezto * takeaway my reproach
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How long aſter thoſe Days the Scripture ſaith not, but 1t 15 pro- bable it was ſoon 2trer; as in the Caſe of Abraham, And 1n the Caſe of Manabs \vite, Fud. 13. 3. who conceived preſently after the Revelation. | And hid her ſelf frve months. | Not that ſhe hid her ſeit from ſecing any Perſon, but the concealed from thoſe whom ſhe ſaw the Hopes that ſhe had of her being with Child ; and per haps
' what her Hutband had let her know by Writing of the Revelation, he had from the Angel ; not that ſhe her ſelf doubted the Thing, ( that were unreaſonable to preſume,after the ſeeing of her Husband made dumb for a Sign of it, and her next Word will let us know thecontrary,) vat to avoid the Diſcourſe of People upon ſo unuſual a thing, who might poſſibly think her too vain 1n ſpeaking of a thing to improbable and unlikely as this was. In the mean time ſhe did not conceal her ſelf from God, but faid,| Thus haththe Lord dealt with me, ] AſcribingLall to the Power of God, who keepeth the Key of theWomb in {iis hand,and maketh the Fruitof it his Reward. | Inthe days wherin be Imbed upn me. ] It 1s the ſame with Verſe 48. He hath regarded the low eſtate of his Hand-maid The Favour of God to his Creatures is oft expreſſed under this Notion, Pſal. 25.18. and 84. 9. and 112.132. [To take away my reproach among men. |] Barrenneſs is no more than a Reproach amongſt Men ; 1t was more cſpecial'y a Reproach to Fewiſh Women, not fo much in regard of the Expettation of being the Mother of the Meſftas (for none could ex- pett that but a Virgzn, ja. 7. 14-and ſhe of the Tribe of Fudab, to which the Meſſiah was promiſed, and one of the Houſe of David, to whoſe Family he was promiſed as a Branch ) as in regard of the ſmccial Promiſe to Abraham, to whom a Seed was promiſed, nume- rous as the Duft, and as the Stars, to which the Barren Woman could contribute nothing. It is a great Mercy when God favoureth his People with aiis Providences which take away their Reproach among# wen,and 4 juſt Cauſe far his Peoples thankful Acknowledgment,
26 And in the fixth month the angel Gabriel was ſent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Naza- Tet;
27 Toavirgin * eſpouſed toa man whoſe name was Joſeph, of the houſe of David, and the virgins nare was Mary.
[n the irxth Month, that 1s after Elizabeth's Conception 3 thas it is exyounded aftcrward,v. 36, { The Angel Gabriel] the ſame Angel that had appeared in the Temple to Z4v4rtas, who ſeemeth to have h:d a ſpecial Miniſtration with ret-rence to that part of God's W1!l which was predidtive of the Meſſtzs,| he was ſent from God,(without whoſe Command the Angels do not move) to a Cty of Galilee called Nazarcth.] There 7:{eph lived 3 from thence he went, Chap. 2. 4. The Angel came to the Virgin, who 1s here deſcribed by her Name Mary, and her Relaiion, ſhe was eſpouſed to one Foſeph,who is ſaid to be of the Houſe of David. Matthew produceth his Genealogy to prove him to be ſo.
23 And the angel came in unto her, and faid, | Hail thou that || art highly favoured,the Lord 7s with thee,
bleſſed art thou among women.