“But at that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God, who did also
    say to the Virgin, ’Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with
    God.’” (iii. 10, 2.)

    “He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest,” &c.
    (iii. 10, 2.)

    “And Mary, exulting because of this, cried out; prophesying on
    behalf of the Church, ‘My soul doth magnify the Lord.’” (iii. 10,
    2.)

    “And that the angel Gabriel said unto her, ’The Holy Ghost shall
    come upon thee,’” &c. (iii. 21, 4.)

    “In accordance with this design Mary the Virgin is found obedient,
    saying, ’Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me according to
    Thy word.’” (iii. 22, 4.)

    “As Elizabeth testified when fitted with the Holy Ghost, saying to
    Mary, ‘Blessed art thou among women,’” &c. (iii. 21, 5.)

“Wherefore the prophets ... announced His Advent ... in freeing us from the hands of all that hate us, that is, from every spirit of wickedness, and causing us to serve Him in holiness and righteousness all our days.’” (iv. 20, 4.)

Luke, ii.

    “Wherefore Simeon also, one of his descendants, carried fully out
    the rejoicing of the patriarch, and said, ’Lord, now lettest Thou
    Thy servant,’” &c. (iv. 7, l.)

    “And the angel in like manner announced tidings of great joy to the
    shepherds who were keeping watch by night.” (iv. 7, 1.)

    “Wherefore he adds, ’The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
    God for all which they had seen and heard.’” (iii. 10, 4.)

    “And still further does Luke say in reference to the Lord, ’When the
    days of purification were accomplished they brought Him up to
    Jerusalem to present Him before the Lord.’” (iii. 10, 5.)

    “They say also that Simeon, ’Who took Christ into his arms and gave
    thanks to God,’” &c. (i. 8, 4.)

“They assert also that by Anna, who is spoken of in the Gospel as a prophetess, and who after living seven years with her husband, passed all the rest of her life in widowhood till she saw the Saviour.” (i. 8, 4.)

    “The production, again, of the Duodecad of the aeons is indicated by
    the fact that the Lord was twelve years of age when He disputed with
    the teachers of the law,” &c. (i. 3, 2.)

“Some passages, also, which occur in the Gospels receive from them a colouring of the same kind, as the answer which He gave His mother when He was twelve years old, ’Wist ye not that I must be about My Father’s business?’” (i. 20, 2.)

Luke, iii.