Luke — Chapter 2
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Verse 14
14. Men of good wil.) Free wil. The birth of Christ giueth not peace of minde or saluation but to such as be of good wil, because he worketh not our good against our willes, but our willes concurring. Aug. quæst. ad Simplic. li. 1. q. 2. to. 4.
Verse 19
19. Kept al.) Our B. Lady ful of deepe contemplations. Our Lady though litle be spoken of her concerning such matters in the Scriptures, because she was a woman, and not admitted to teach or dispute in publick of high mysteries; yet she knew al these mysteries, and wisely noted and contemplated of those things that were done and said about Christ, from the first houre of his Conception til the end of his life and his Ascension.
Verse 34
34. To the ruine.) Mens ruine and damnation is of them selues. Therfore to the ruine of some, because they would not beleeue in him, and so were the cause of their owne ruine, as he is elswhere called, *A stumbling stone, because many would stumble at him and so fal by their owne fault. Othersome he raised by grace from sinne to iustice, and so he was the resurrection of many. The Apostle vseth the like speach, saying: We are to some the odour of life, vnto life: to others, the odour of death vnto death. Not that their preaching was to cause death, but because they that would not beleeue their preaching, wilfully incurred deadly sinne and damnation. *1 Pet. 2,8. **2 Corinth. 2,16.
Verse 37
37. A widow.) Holy widowhood. Marke that widowhood is here mentioned to the commendation thereof euen in the old Testament also, and the fruit, and as it were the profession thereof, is here commended, to wit, fasting, praying, being continually in the Temple euen as S. Paul more at large for the state of the new Testament speaketh of *widowhood & virginitie, as being professions more apt and commodious for the seruice of God. *1 Cor. 7. 1. Tim. 5.
Verse 61
61. Subiect to them.) Dutiful obedience to parents. Al children may learne hereby, that great ought to be their subiection and obedience to their parents, when Christ himself, being God, would be subiect to his parents being but his creatures.