Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 1:53

53 He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away.

In this Sentence, the holy Virgin celebrateth, the equity of God in the Government of the World, proportioning Men in some degrees one to another, that the rapacious qualities of some, might not gain all to them, while others have nothing. The Notion of hungry, [illegible: 1 word] Persons in want, and craving a supp[illegible: 1 letter]y. The Notion of Rich, signifieth Persons that are full. God blesseth the Poor, pitieth the needy, while he neglecteth greater Persons. Some apply it to those whom Christ blesseth, Matth. 5. who hunger and thirst after Righteousness, and expound the rich of those who think they have no need of the Righteousness of Christ. In this sense it is also true, but whither the Virgin intended it here or no I know not.

Marginal references: Psal. 34.10. 1 Sam 2.5.