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It is likewise not without a greate mysterye, that the B. VIRGIN saide not to the Angell: Bee it donne to mee as God commaundeth, or willeth: but, Bee it donne to mee according to thy Worde: for heerein shee declared the perfection of her Faithe, & Obedience. For perfect Faithe beleeueth whatsoeuer God reuealeth by himselfe, or by the meanes of others: & perfect Obedience obeyeth God, in whatsoeuer hee commaundeth either by himselfe, or by the meanes of his ministers: for hee that heareth them, heareth Christ. Allbeeit, * 1.1 I may likewise contemplate that the B. VIRGIN in this Pointe exalted herselfe aboue herselfe, & aboue all the Angells, & aboue all whatsoeuer is created: directing her Aunswere, not so much to the Ambassadour, as to allmighty God himselfe, who sent the Embassage, saying to the eternall Father: Beholde heere the Handmaide of thee, o Lord, * 1.2 bee it donne to mee according to thy VVorde: not only according to what thou commaundest by this VVorde which the Angell deliuereth: but according to the Desier of that VVorde & Speeche, which thou speakest within thyselfe, in thy eternitye, which is thy only Sonne, who also desireth to bee mine. And seeing it is his good Pleasure so to bee, bee it as he commaundeth. In Imitation of the B. VIRGIN, I will also oftentimes say vnto God, with the same Vnder∣standing that shee had: Beholde heere mee thy Slaue, o Lord, bee it doune to mee, according to thy Worde: for I am readye to put in practise all, whatsoeuer shallbee ordained mee by thy Diuine VVorde.