Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

¹4. Here is the Foundation of her Comfort, and our Happiness; Behold, thou shalt Conceive in thy Womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name Jesus. Never was Mortal Creature thus honoured, that her Womb should yield that Flesh, which was personally united to the Godhead; that she should bear Him that upholds the World. There's one Wonder in the Conception, another in the Fruit; both are marvellous: but the latter, I take it, is more Mysterious, and fuller of Admiration; the Fruit of the Womb is Jesus, a Saviour, the Son of the Highest; a King, God shall give Him a Throne, and He shall Reign for ever; for of His Kingdom there shall be no End Here was a Son, and such a Son as the World never had before; and here was the Ground of Mary's Joy: How could she but rejoice, to hear what her Son should be before He was? Surely, never was any Mother ⟨p. 119⟩so glad of her Son Born, as this Virgin was of her Son before He was Conceived.

¹4. Here is the Foundation of her Comfort, and our Happiness; Behold, thou shalt Conceive in thy Womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name Jesus. Never was Mortal Creature thus honoured, that her VVomb should yield that Flesh, which was personally united to the Godhead; that she should bear Him that upholds the World. There's one VVonder in the Conception, another in the Fruit; both are marvellous: but the latter, I take it, is more Mysterious, and fuller of Admiration; the Fruit of the VVomb is Jesus, a Saviour, the Son of the Highest; a King, God shall give Him a Throne, and He shall Reign for ever; for of His Kingdom there shall be no End Here was a Son, and such a Son as the World never had before; and here was the Ground of Mary's Joy: How could she but rejoyce, to hear what her Son should be before He was? Surely, never was any Mother ⟨p. 119⟩so glad of her Son Born, as this Virgin was of her Son before He was Conceived.

1. 1Luke 1.31, 32, 33.