Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 1:38

38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be unto me according to thy word. And the angel de[illegible: 1 letter]arted from her.

Once ha[illegible: 1 letter]e I spoken (saith Iob. Ch. 40.5.) but I will not Answer. In like manner the Virgin speaketh. I will dispute no more▪ I am the Lords Servant, let him do with me, whatsoever he pleaseth. This Phrase, Behold the handmaid of the Lord, doth not speak her, the Lady and Queen of Heaven, (as the Pap[illegible: 1 letter]sts stile her) but it speaketh her Humility and readiness to give up her self to the Lords pleasure, her assent, and consent unto God, She addeth a Prayer, that God would do according to what the Angel had said unto her. The Angel having dispatched his errand, and obtained what he came for, ascendeth into Heaven.