Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 2:7

7 And she brought forth her first-born-son, and wrapped him in swadling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

It is Bucer's Note, that in the Greek it is not her First-born-Son ▪ but [non-Latin text not transcribed] her Son, the First-born, he was truly her Son, and her Son first-born, but he was not called [non-Latin text not transcribed] upon that account meerly, for he was the first-born of every Creature, Col. 1.15. he was the first-born also of Mary, but it cannot be from thence concluded, she had more Sons, ([illegible: 1 letter]or where there is but one Son, he is the first-born.) And wraped him in Swadling Cloths, and laid him in a Manger, &c. whether the Inn was in the City, or in the Suburbs, adjoyning near to the City, is not material for us to know, nor considering the occasion of meeting at Bethlehem at that day, and the numbers who upon that occasion must be there, is it at all strange, that Person of no higher Visible Quality then a Carpenter should not find a Room in the Inn, but be thrust into a Stable, nor was it unusual in those Countries for Men and Women to have Lodgings in the same Rooms where Beasts are kept, (it is no more then is at this Day in some places even in Europe.) Here the Virgin falls into her Labour, brings forth her Son, and Lodgeth him in a Manger. God (by this) teaching all Christians to despise the High and Gay things of this World, he who, tho he was in the form of God, and thought it no Robbery to be equal with the Father, thus making himself of no Reputation—and being found in Fashon of a Man, thus humbling himself, as the Apostle speaks, Philip. 2.6, 7, 8.

Marginal references: Mat. 1.25.