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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43675	Speculum beatae virginis a discourse of the due praise and honour of the Virgin Mary / by a true Catholick of the Church of England.	Hickes, George, 1642-1715.	1686 (1686)	Wing H1869; ESTC R10946	41,343	46

the Brethren in Antioch Syria and Cilicia It is also evident that these are words of mere Salutation from what the Evangelist saith in the next Verse that upon hearing of them she was troubled at his saying and cast in her mind what manner of SALVTATION this should be It seemed strange to her that an Angel should appear to her in an Age when Visions and Apparitions were grown so rare and that she should be accosted by him with a joyful and a gracious Salutation which was so much above the humble opinion she had of her self Her modesty encreased her wonder and in a mixture of fear and surprize together she began to think within her self what the meaning of the Salutation might be whither it would tend and what the Angel had to say unto her She was very solicitous betwixt hope and fear to know what message he had to deliver after his kind Salutation and while she was musing what it might be he said unto her Fear not Mary for thou hast found favour with God and behold thou shalt conceive in thy Womb and bring forth a Son and shalt call his name Jesus He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest And the Lord shall give unto him the Throne of his Father David and he shall Reign over the house of David for ever and of his Kingdom there shall be no end These are the words of the Annunciation or Message of the Angel but I shall keep strictly to the words of his Salutation And in treating of them I shall shew 1. That there is nothing in their signification so peculiar to the B. Virgin but that they might have been used by the Angel in saluting any other Righteous and Holy person 2. That the B. Virgin to whom the Angel spake then was a very Holy person 3. That she ought to be honoured and celebrated and praised for her great Holiness and for being chosen to be the Mother of God 4. That in honouring her we must take care that we do not honour her too much or express the honour we have for her in such a manner as is not competible to a Creature 1. First then I shall shew that the words of the Salutation have nothing so peculiar in their signification but that they might have been used by the Angel in saluting any other Righteous person Thus for the Original word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which we render Hail and the Vulgar Latin Ave it was as I have already shewn a common form of Saluting among the Jews and it farther appears to have been so from the second Epistle of S. John ver 10 11. where the Apostle forbidding to salute any man that denieth Christ to be come in the Flesh saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 say not Hail unto him nec ave dixeritis saith the Vulgar Translation bid him not God speed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 qui enim dicit illi Ave for he that saith Hail unto him or he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds Thus God and Angels when they speak with men use the phrases and speak with the tongues of men And so for that expression The Lord is with thee or as it might be rendred the Lord be with thee it is the very form of speech in which Boaz saluted the Reapers Ruth 2.4 And Boaz came from Bethlehem and said unto the Reapers The Lord be with you and they answered him The Lord bless thee And so for that phrase 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 blessed art thou or blessed be thou among women we have the very same form of speech in Judges 5.24 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Blessed be Jael among women the wife of Heber blessed shall she be above women in the Tent. So Boaz said unto Ruth Ruth 3.10 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Blessed be thou of the Lord my Daughter And so 1 Sam. 25.33 saith David unto Abigal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 blessed art thou which hast kept me from shedding of bloud And so said Elizabeth unto the B. Virgin ver 42. of this Chapter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 blessed art or blessed be thou among women and blessed is or blessed be the fruit of thy womb From all which I think it is plain that all these expressions Hail The Lord is with thee and blessed art thou amongst women are not peculiar but common forms of speech which were used in common conversation among the Jews And then for that word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thou that art highly favoured the Verb from whence this Participle doth come is used by S. Paul Eph. 1.6 where it is written to the praise and glory of his grace wherein 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he hath made us accepted in the beloved The Vulgar Latin hath it in quâ gratificavit nos wherein he hath made us accepted And accordingly Theophylact saith that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in my Text is explained by that expression ver 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thou hast found favour with God or thou hast obtained favour of God Now in this sence of the word as it signifies favoured or accepted S. Paul doth in effect say in the forecited place that every true and faithful believer is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 favoured and accepted by God or dear and acceptable to him in Christ And this observation concerning the dearness and acceptableness of all true believers unto God is very agreeable to what our Lord replied to him who told him that his Mother and his Brethren stood without desiring to speak with him Our Saviour saith unto him Who is my Mother and who are my Brethren And then stretching forth his hands towards his Disciples he said Behold my Mother and my Brethren for whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in Heaven the same is highly favoured the same is my Brother and Sister and Mother Wherefore there is nothing in this signification of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that might hinder an Angel from using it in saluting any true Disciple of Christ especially if he were sent to give him notice of some particular favour that God intended to bestow upon him upon the special account whereof he might be said to have found favour with God Thus Noah was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as we read Gen. 6.8 He above all mankind found grace or favour in the eyes of the Lord when he resolved to destroy the world It is in the Greek Translation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is the very phrase that Gabriel used to the Virgin ver 30. for thou hast found favour with God So Abraham was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or highly favoured of God because he of all mankind was chosen to be the Father of the faithful and was called the friend of God So Lot was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or highly favoured because God only spared him and his when he destroyed Sodom and therefore saith he unto God in this very phrase which Gabriel