That which is obſerrablc hoth in this Verſe, and in this whoie Song, 15, how the bleiſed Virgia atcributes all to God, and atcriveth nothing to her ſelf, 5x any Merits &f her own 3 much like unto her Fath er David, P/al. 11s. 5. Not unto 1, O Lord, mt unto us, but ut to thy Name give Gor; for thy mercy and- truths jak? 3 And herein ſhe teacheth thoſe Generations which ſhe had even now faid thould call her Bleſſed, how to take notice of her, viz. as one mghtly 11vour ed of the Lord; one for whom God indeed hid done great things, but not as one who had merited any thing at God's hand ; much lets as one to whom we ſhould pay a greater Devotion than ta her 5on, and ſpeak to her that ſhe ſhould command her $9n, (according to the blaſphemous Devotion and Idolatry of the Papijts.) Mary 15s very careful of giving ſucceeding Generations any occation from her E*:- preſſions for any ſuch Superſtitions. [ And holy s bis Name. k Rot, that is, glorious and venerable | his Name] that is, he himſelf 15 glo- rious, and holy, far above the Conception and Comprehention ot poor Creatures.
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la this Scrtence, the Holy Virgin celebrateth the equity of God in the Government of the World, proportioning Men 1n ſome degrees one to another, that the rapactous qualities of ſome, might not gain all to them, whi'e others have nothing. The Notion of hungry, ſpeaketh Perſons in want, and craving 4 ſupply. The No- tion of Rich, ſignifieth Perſons that are full. God bleſleth the Poor, piticth the needy, while he negletteth greater Perſons. Some apply it to thoſe whon: Chriſt blefſeth, Matth. 5s. who hunger and thirſt after Righteouſneſs, and expound the rich, of thoſe who think they have no need of the Rrzhteouſneſs of Chriſt. In this ſenſe it is a/ſo true, but whether the Virgin intended it here or no I know not. ; j
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