The Virgin Mary Misrepresented by the Roman Church, Chapter 1 · Introduction – Section 1
WHatſoever I have aſſerted in the foregoing Introduction, will appear more clearly in that Romantick Hiſtory this Church has given us of the B. Virgin's Life. Wherein we ſhall ſee both what the Church believes concerning her; and after that, what Worſhip they pay to her, agreeable to that Belief. And in doing this, I hope I ſhall not incur any Readers cenſure, no not ſo much as of the Romaniſt for taking this Method, ſince they themſelves have given it me, in their own Offices upon the Feaſts that are appointed to her honour; wherein we find theſe two are interwoven, her Hiſtory and her Worſhip. To have ſet down only the laſt, viz. her Worſhip, would have been to preſent a naked Image of ſtrange Devotion, enough to have frighted any Chriſtian. The flattery of her being ſo fulſome kShe infinitely ſurpaſſeth all the Excellencies of Men and Angels. Contemplations of the Life and Glory of H. Mary, p. 18. As it is not poſſible for the Tongue of a Seraphim, to explain to our comprehenſion the Shapes and Liveries of the heavenly Spirits, their Quires and Hierarchies, to blazon the Glories of the Saints, and to expound the Plenty, Paſtimes and Language of the Divine Courtiers; ſo much rather is it impoſſible for a pure Creature to unfold the immenſe Attributes of the Maternity of Holy Mary, the Mother of Jeſus; which gives to her an inherent right to all the perfections, ſo copiouſly by Providence diſperſed amongſt Creatures here beneath, the Stars in the Firmament, and the Angels in Heaven. Ibid. Ep. Dedic.; the veneration of a meer Creature ſo ſubmiſs and lowly lWhatſoever can be ſaid of her, will be only an eſſay, infinitely too narrow to fill the orbs of her exuberant Sanctity, Grace and Glory.—I do with trembling attempt this great work (of explaining the Myſteries of her Life and immortal Glory) left ſearching into the Holies of ſo great a Majeſty, I be oppreſſed with its brightneſs and ſplendors. Ibid. Epiſt. Dedic.—Entring a ſolemn covenant with Holy Mary to to be for ever her ſervant, Ibid. p. 12.—All Chriſtians vow Obedience, Fealty and Homage to her, as to their ſupreme Governeſs, Leige-Lady and Advocate, Ibid. p. 21.—She juſtly claims a ſervitude from all pure creatures, Ibid. p. 8.; the expectations of receiving Bleſſings from her ſo high and exceſſive mAlmighty God hath, by a ſolemn Covenant, pronounced her to be the Treaſury of Wiſdom, Grace and Sanctity, under Jeſus; ſo that whatſoever Gifts are beſtowed upon us by Jeſus, we receive them by the Mediation of Mary; no one being gracious to Jeſus, who is not devoted to Mary: Nor hath any one been ſpecially confident of the Patronage of Mary, who hath not through her received a ſpecial bleſſing from Jeſus: Whence it's one great Mark of the Predeſtination of the Elect, to be ſingularly devoted to Mary: ſince ſhe hath a full power, as a Mother, to obtain of Jeſus, whatſoever he can ask of God the Father.—Neither hath any one petitioned Mary, who was refuſed by Jeſus; or truſted in Mary, and was abandoned by Jeſus. Ibid. p. 7. (Our Saviour ſpeaks of many who ſhall ſay to him Lord, Lord, and yet he would not know them; but it ſhould ſeem by this, if they had but known the ſecret of ſaying Lady, Lady, they would not have miſcarried.); that if there had been nothing ſaid to give a riſe to ſuch Courtſhip,it could not eſcape the cenſure of extravagant Madneſs; whereas the Hiſtory cloaths the Image with an advantageous dreſs, and gives ſome colour at leaſt to thoſe applications, while it repreſents her not only in her ſelf a ſubject of Excellencies and Perfections, far above thoſe of Men and Angels, and nearly bordering upon the Divinity; but alſo one, who in the Intention of God was deſigned to have a great Hand in the conducting us to Happineſs, a helper and co-worker with our Saviour himſelf in the work of our Redemption, and thereby fairly challenging a great ſhare in our Veneration. So that if the things they ſay of her were but evidently true, the things they ſay to her in their Devotions might be the better born withal and juſtified.
To prepare us for what we may expect to hear of her, when they bring her upon the ſtage of the World, give me leave only to premiſe, how they conſider her in the Divine Decree, before ſhe was conceived and born into the World.
SECT. I. Of the B. Virgin's Predeſtination.
Lectio. Prov. 8.
Miſſal. Rom. ad Sept. 8. & 8. Decemb.Dominus poſſedit me in initio viarum ſuarum, antequam quicquam faceret ab initio. Ab aeterno ordinata ſum, ab antiquis antequam terra fieret. Nondum erant abyſſi & ego concepta eram; necdum montes gravi mole conſtiterant, ante colles parturiebar, &c.
The Lord poſſeſſed me in the beginning of his ways, from the beginning before he … any thing. I was ord…ed from everlaſting, and of old before the Earth was made. When there was no Abyſs I was already conceived; the heavy Mountains were not yet ſettled, I was brought forth before the Hills.
Capitulum Eccluſ. 24.
Brev. Rom. ad 8. Sept. & 8. Decemb.Ab initio & ante ſecula creata ſum, & uſque ad futurum non deſinam, & in habitatione ſanctâ coram ipſo miniſtravi.
From the beginning and before all Ages I was created, and I ſhall never fail; and I miniſtred before him in the holy habitation.
The late Contemplations of the Life and Glory of H. Mary have given us a formal Office, for the Eternal Predeſtination of the Mother of Jeſus; which runs thus.
The Praiſe.
P. 22.Hail Mary full of Grace, our Lord is with thee; Bleſſed art thou amongſt Women, and bleſſed is the Fruit of thy Womb, Jeſus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us Sinners, now, and in the hour of our Death.
Verſ. Open my lips, O Mother of Jeſus;
Reſp. And my Soul ſhall ſpeak forth thy praiſe.
V. Divine Lady, be intent to mine aid;
R. Graciouſly make haſt to help me.
V. Glory be to Jeſus and Mary;
R. As it was, i…, and ever ſhall be.
The Hymn.
All hail, moſt high, moſt holy one,
Above the Angels, beneath the Son, &c.
Sad Rhimes.
Anthiem.
I was pre-ordained from the beginning, before the Creation of the World; my Habitation was in the higheſt, and my Throne was ſeated on a Pillar of Light.
Pſalm. 8.
Mary, Mother of Jeſus, how wonderful is thy Name, even to the ends of the Earth.
All magnificence be given to Mary; and let her be exalted above the Stars and Angels.
Reign on high as Queen of Seraphims and Saints; and be thou Crowned with Honour and Glory.
Innocency and Mercy hath exalted my Name above the ….
Exceeding glorious is Mary, the Mother of Jeſus; thy Name is wonderful above the Clouds.
Glory be to Jeſus and Mary, as it was, is, and ever ſhall be.
Amen.
Anth. I was Pre-ordained.
V. Holy Mary, Mother of God;
R. Pray for us, Sinners, now, and in the hour of our Death.
The Bleſſing.
Through the Merits and Interceſſion of the Mother of Jeſus may we come ſafe to the harbour of eternal Salvation.
V. Bid us be bleſſed, O Holy Mary;
R. Bleſs us, O Mary, the Mother of Jeſus.
The Leſſon.
I Iſſued forth out of the Boſom of God on High, the firſt conceived before all Creatures; my Abode is in the Depths, and my Throne in a Pillar of Light. He who made me, took hisreſt in my Tabernacle; my In…ence is in the choiſeſt Bleſſings of my God, and my Poſſeſſi… in the fulneſs of the Saints. For I am the Mother of …, of holy Fear, Knowledge and Hope. In me is all grace of Truth, and righteous Ways, and all hope of Life and Vertue.
Verſ. Be thou, O Mary, merciful to us.
R. And by thee be all Glory to Jeſus.
The Cantique.
Let us Praiſe thee, O Mother of Jeſus, let us acknowledge thee our Sovereign Lady.
Let Angels and Men give Honour to thee, the firſt conceived of all pure Creatures.
To thee the morning Stars, and higheſt Seraphims, ſing Glory for thy magnificence.
Make Interceſſion for us, O powerful Mother of Jeſus: for God will not refuſe thee our Petitions.
Then ſhall we rejoice in the fulneſs of thy Glory: and ſhall ſing the Praiſes of Jeſus for ever.
REMARKS.
IT were eaſie, if it were as needful, to give the Reader a large Catalogue of the Ancients, who have made uſe of the forenamed places in the Proverbs, to prove the Divinity of our Saviour againſt the Arians, underſtanding Wiſdom there, of him who is the Increated Wiſdom of God. But juſt as they have betrayed the Chriſtian cauſe againſt the Heathens, in the caſe of Images, ſince the ſame Diſtinctions, and Anſwers this Church makes me of to defend their Worſhip of them, may all be pleaded for the Juſtifying the Heathen Idolatry in that particular: So by their Application of theſe places of ſcripture to the B. Virgin, whi… the Fathers generall… thou…ht did belong only to Chriſt, and proved his exiſtence before all Ages of the World; they have plainly put Anſwe… into the mouths of thoſe Hereticks, to evacua… the … of all thoſe Arguments; for thoſe places may then be applied to Chriſt, though ſuppoſed a Cr… … …eer: Man, as well as to la…, … muſt, be … a meer Woman. Cartha…na aL. 1. de arc. Deip. ho. 2. p. 9.is ſo … that not being able to deny what by the Authority of his Church he is forced to own, nor yet to diſown the other, he thus agrees the matter: Since thoſe things which are ſpoken of the infinite Wiſdom of God, are verified alſo of the B. Virgin, it is neceſſary that from the infinity of the Son, ſhe borrow a kind of infinite Dignity; and from thence thoſe Words may agree to both, though in a different Sence. And another bCarre. Sweet thoughts of Jeſus and Mary, p. 293.thus, What was ſaid of the eternal Wiſdom, by eternal Birthright and property, is applied to her by the wiſdom of the Church, guided by the H. Ghoſt, by attribution and participation: Our Lord poſſeſſed me in the beginning of his ways.
This therefore is now their buſineſs, to advance her as high as is poſſible, and to give her Prerogatives above all other Creatures; of which many of their Authors cCited by Raynaudus, Pipt. Mar. p. 130.make this to be one, That after Chriſt, ſhe was elected the firſt of all others. So our Contemplator dContemplat. I. and Gl. of Mary, p. 21.Thou waſt the firſt and moſt delicious Object of God's Love towards pure Creatures, from the beginning of Eternity. Which they Illuſtrate thus eCarthagena. Ibid. p. 7.: As God decreed to conſtitute our firſt Parent Adam to be the Head of Mankind, and gave him Eve for his Companion, taken out of his ſide while he was a ſleep; ſo for the Reparation of Mankind, he predeſtinated Chriſt to be the Head of another ſpiritual Off-ſpring, and out of his ſide whilſt he ſlept upon the Croſs, he brought out this ſecond Eve the Mother of all Living by Grace. And to this purpoſe they cite Prov. 8.25. Before the Mountains were ſetled, before the Hills I was brought forth; that is, fSpinellus, Ibid. c. 14. p. 198.I was brought forth before all Angels by predeſtination (for they are the high Hills by reaſon of the ſublimity of their Nature and Glory.) When there was to Depths I was … …hen Original Sin, which is like … …s not yet conſidered as foreſeen by God. One has dared *Nierembergiu…, L'aimable Mere de Jeſus. cap. 8. p. 59.to addreſs thus to God, You your ſelf, O great God, took pleaſure to entertain your ſelf before all time, in this ſweet and agreeable cogitation, that Mary would be a moſt perfect and accompliſh'd Creature; and that ſhe alone would give you more glory than all Angels, Saints, and Men together: And that God comforted himſelf, by conſidering her, for the loſs andruine that would be cauſed by the inſolent Rebellion of the third part of the Angels, by the diſobedience of the Firſt Man, and by the horrible …inge that would make the World a frightful Solitude in the days of Noe. Nay, they go ſo far as to ſay, gRaynaudus. Ibid. p. 131.That all the … are predeſtinated for her ſake. And therefore ſhe is called … ſuch Fathers as Germanus, hOrat. de Praeſent. Deip.The Buſineſs of all Age…, the Scope and End of all God's Counſels. And the … S. Bernard iSerm. 3. ſuper ſalve Regina.De hac, & ob hanc, & propter hanc …is Scriptura facta eſt, propter hanc totus mundus factus eſt, &c. The Scriptures were intended for her, and the World made for her ſake. And not only made, ſays another, kGalatinus de arcanis. l. 7. c. 2.out of Love to the Virgin, but ſuſtained alſo; for the World, by reaſon of our wicked Deeds, could … conſiſt, unleſs the Glorious Virgin, praying for us, with her Mercy and Clemency did ſuſtain it. This was Chriſt's Prerogative, if we believe the Apoſtle, Col. 1.16,17. All things were created by him and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things conſiſt: Now, if we believe theſe men, ſhe comes in for a ſhare in theſe peculiarities, by which Chriſt was once diſtinguiſhed from all Creatures. For thus Alca…r lLib. 4. in Apoc. c 2. v. 1. not. 2.maintains, That by reaſon of the Union of the B. Virgin … Chriſt, the H. Ghoſt, in a ſecondary Sence intended by him, has expreſſed the Virgin in thoſe very places of Scripture which are ſpoken of Chriſt in the firſt and primary … And now we may the leſs wonder to hear another mContempl. L. and Cl. of Mary, p. 10.referring all the wonderful effects of our Predeſtination as Glory, Elect… by … and Redemption from Sin through the Blood of Jeſus, to the excellent perfection of Mary, a… a moſt effect… means of all acknowledging all theſe Bleſſ… to … to all through Mary, and may therefore juſtly refer them all to her, as the …oſt effectual inſtrument, chanel and conveyance of …. Though I muſt ſay, this is new Logick, as well as new Divinity, to refer all to the Means and to the Conveyance, inſtead of the End and original Spring; juſt as if a man ſhould refer all the Light in his Room to his Window, (not to the Sun the Fountain of it) becauſe the Light ſhines through it. But none has ſo copiouſly and audaciouſly diſcourſed this matter as the Jeſuit Salazar nComment. in Prov. 8.22, &c. num. 260, &c., beginning at thoſe words, Prov. 8.22. The Lord poſſeſſed me in the beginning of his ways, before his works of Old. When God,ſays he, began to create the World, be poſſeſſed me, [Mary] that is, he conceived in his mind, and contemplated me as preſent. And the end of it was, 1. Becauſe he went more cheerfully about his work, foreſeeing th… Mary would at length be brought into being, under whoſe Empire all things, which he then created, ſhould come into Subjection. 2. God carefully ſearched out what were the Excellencies of every Crea… … might heap thoſe perfections upon her, that … become a new and no fabulous Pandora, made up of all their Perfections. 3. Becauſe as God foreſaw that Man would fall from his Obedience and ruine the Creation, ſo Mary was the cauſe why he did not upon this deſiſt from his purpoſe of creating the World, and alter his mind, fore-ſeeing that by her all the Ruines of the Creation would be reſtor'd and repair'd. 4. He … too that the World he intended to make would decay and wax old, and preſently Mary came into his mind, who would bring freſhneſs and youth to it when it was aged. 5. Becauſe, as God by the word Fiat (Let it be) rep…aced ſeveral times, did produce all things, and beſtowed on them all … Powers; ſo by the ſame wor… …ed but once (by Mary) …e ſhould renew them all. [Which is a great miſtake, … he thinks foreign in the Sept…ng. and foreign in S. Luke to be the ſame. But of this Fi…s we ſhall hear him Blaſpheming farther upon another occaſion.]
Upon v. 23. I was ſet up from everlaſting, from the beginning, or ever the Earth was;] Theſe are … of his Admirable Contemplations. oIbid. n. 295, &c.1. That if we … ſuppoſe this impoſſibility, that all things were not ob… at once to the mind of God, but that he needed counſel and deliberation, and to know one thing from and after another; verily Mary is ſo excellent a Work, that to make and … her in time, it is requiſite to uſe even the Eternal premo…tion and fore-counſel of God. 2. If we ſhould ſuppoſe another impoſſibility, That God ſhould not ſee ſome things that are very inconſiderable or very diſtant, yet ſuch i… the magnitude of Mary, ſuch the height and vaſtneſs of her …, that he could not but reach her, and foreknow her at the diſtance of infinite Ages. 3. He is much pleaſed with the doating conceipt of Andreas Hieroſolymitanus (Serm. de Anmunc.) who ſalutes her by the name of Dioptra (which is the Radius of an Aſtrolabe with two ſights, through which Aſtronomers look, and meaſure the magnitude of diſtant things) which he thus applies. God foreſees and foreknows all that are predeſtinated, but Mary more eſpecially, becauſe through her (tanquam per Dioptram) he views and meaſures the greatneſs, height and degrees of their Sanctity. So that as it is true, that all are elected and predeſtinated through Mary (not choſen in him it ſeems, as the Apoſtle ſpeaks, Eph. 1.4. but in her.) So alſo it is true. That in that vaſt ſpace of Eternity, his ſight reached all other juſt Perſons, becauſe before them all he foreknew Mary.—Through Mary he viewed and meaſured the magnitude of Peter, pSo the Contemplations of H. Mary, p. 19. All Saints and Angels have their meaſures of Glory ſet forth through a redundancy of her, and in a ſubordinate proportion to hers.the height of Paul, &c. Becauſe by the Prayers of Mary, they attained to the greatneſs of Sanctity, which God beſtowed on them.
Upon v. 25. Before the Mountains were ſetled, before the Hills I was brought forth, thus he deſcants, (Ibid. n. 317.) We may imagine the divine mind big with Mary and with all other Creatures, yet they did not urge God to a Birth, ſince their Creation might have been deferred to many Ages: But Mary ſhe pricked forward and urged, ſo the Divine Mind, that being as it were Impatient of ſuch a Conception, and that he might bring her forth in due time, he did anticipate many Ages the Creation of the World.
Upon v. 30. I was by him, as one brought up with him. V. Lat. Cum eo eram, cuncta componens. Thus he Diſcourſes (n. 380, 381.) We may proclaim of the H. Mother of God, that all Creatures are as it were in her—and they may all be glad that they are better in her than in themſelves: For in themſelves they are frail, and weak, and unſtable; in Mary they are without all Fault; and in ſhort, though in themſelves they cannot differ from themſelves, yet being tranſlated into her, then they are Mary, who is the nobleſt and higheſt under Heaven. Therefore when God would confer great Honour and Comelineſs on his Creatures, he would have her to conſiſt of them all, Ʋt quemadmodum in ipſo cuncta Deus erant, ſic etiam in Mariâ cuncta Maria forent; that, as inhim all things were God, ſo alſo in Mary all things might be Mary. And a little after …e calls, her Mundus Archetypus, the the Archetype and original Model, according to which the Elements, conſiſting of contrary qualities, were fitted and married together, …, as all Paſſions and Appetites were all at perfect accord, and made no Rebellion in her.
Verſ. 30. I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. Vulg. Lat. Lud… cor…. Here we have ſuch ſtuff as this, ſpeaking in the Perſon of Mary; qIbid. n. 41….When God made the World, and the things contained in it, and rejoicing, and, as it were, ſmiling, determined that they were good; then I alſo pleaſed him, and he ſmiled on me. For therefore he ſignified his approbation of them, becauſe he knew they would be profitable and commodious to me; for preferring me before all other men, he had reſpect chiefly to my profit and benefit. To which he adds again what he had before, being hugely pleaſed with the conceit. That contemplating all things in Mary, they pleaſed him better in her (being then all Mary) than in themſelves. Then he goes on to tell us of ſeveral Figures and Shadows, ſuch as the formatum of Eve, the Ark of Noah, &c. which were preludes and ſportful works of God, that went before that ſerious work of making her; rIbid. n. 418.for when God earneſtly deſired to make Mary, and the diſpoſition of his eternal Counſel, required the deferring it ſome while, by ſuch ways, Longas moras ludendo fefellit, God did ſportfully drive away the time.
He adds another Conceit as derogatory to the Work of our Redemption, as the foregoing were to his Creation. sIbid. n. 419.Whatſoever Chriſt did whilſt he lived, whatſoever things he ſuffered whilſt he looked upon other men, for whoſe ſakes he laid out himſelf, they ſeemed to him difficult and hard; becauſe he knew, that diſpiſin… ſo great a benefit, they would be unthankful, and not uſe thoſe Bleſſings aright: But when he looked upon the Virgin, and beheld her grateful mind, and her diligence to make uſe of his merits, ſo as to reap abundantly the Fruit of them; hence it was that Chriſt did as it were play with all that he did and ſuffered in the World; that is, he undertook them cheerfully and without difficulty.
We have ſeen how much they make us behold … Virgin; for had it not been for her, Chriſt's … might have ſtopp'd in the way for want of … ragement, and have come to nothing. But … ſmall matter in compare with the laſt Inſtance, … give of this Blaſphemer's boldneſs, who makes ev… … Trinity to be beholden to her… for upon theſe … 23d. verſe, I was ſet … fr… everlaſting (Vulg. … ordinata ſum) he endeavours to make this plain, … needs be ſo ordained, for, ſays he, There … …cial reaſon, why, as ſoon as ever the divine Pe… … eternally exiſt, they ſhould have the Virgin in readines … …ccording to Heſychius, t…the Virgin Mary was the …ompletion the whole Trinity: For thus he ſays, comp…ing her … Noah's Ark) Arca Noe … …tigna… … (ſc. Maria) foreign: That had … … ries, and ſhe complementum totius Trinitatis▪ (which … would Tranſlate thus, She had (foreign, the word which … before) the whole fulneſs of the Trinity, that is, when … was in her Womb; not as …e would have it. She was the C… pletion of the Trinity, for the explication immediately follo… in Heſychius, The H. Ghoſt was her Gueſt, … Father over ſh… ed her, and the Son dwelt in her, being … … her Womb▪ … the Jeſuit is reſolved to ſpeak Blaſphemy when no occaſion was given him, and thus he proceeds) If the Virgin Mary does in ſome regards belong to the completion of the Trinity, it could not be that the Trinity ſhould ſooner exiſt, than think of that which ſhould compleat it. He confeſſes it's difficult to conceive, how the Trinity, which is … compleat and abſolute, ſhould …ive any fulneſs from … … ture: Yet this undertaker will try what he can ma… … and among his Three ways of explaining it, the Reader I dare ſay, will have enough of the ſecond, which therefore I ſhall only ſet down. uIbid. n. 302.It runs thus, The eternal Father does generate the Son, and communicates his eſſence to him; the Father and the Son breath forth the H. Ghoſt, and together with the eſſence communicate to him all its attributes: But now the H. Ghoſt neither generates nor breaths another perſon: Wherefore ſeeing the goodneſs of the H. Ghoſt is equal to that of the Father and the Son, and theproperty of goodneſs is to let forth and communicate it ſelf, thence it follows, according to our imperfect manner of conceiving, that ſomething ſeems to be wanting in the H. Ghoſt; for the other Perſons do fill up the meaſure of goodneſs, but to the Spirit there wants a fourth Perſon, into which it may pour out it ſelf without meaſure: For though he does communicate himſelf, yet he does it very ſparingly to the Creatures and Saints (and he quite forgot him to whom God gave the Spirit without meaſure, Joh. 3.34.) This therefore one would deſire, that he might communicate himſelf ſo largely to ſome one perſon, that if he cannot ſatiate his infinite longing perfectly, yet he may give it eaſe and relaxation. That this might not be wanting to the Trinity, and that the H. Ghoſt might ſtay that Longing, Mary is of ſet purpoſe ordered and committed to him, that ſo he might come upon her, with a wonderful affluence of all his Gifts, &c. And another Blaſphemer adds, xPhil. de Convelt. Theatr. Excellent. p. 67.Tanto ergo impetu ſpiritus ſanctus ſuper … in Virginem, ut quantum ipſe valeat oſtenderet. Which I ſhall forbear to Tranſlate.
Theſe are ſome of their lewd conceits for the advancement of the Honour of the Bl. Virgin. Hie Ithaeus velit, & magno mercentur Atridae. The Socinians make good Markets of ſuch paſſages, by repreſenting and reproaching them; as Crellius yDe uno vero Deo, lib. 2. Sec. 2. cap. 5.takes notice of Corn. à Lapide's Dedication of his Commentaries on the Minor Prophets, To the Holy increated Trinity, and created in Chriſt Jeſus. And an Epiſtle attributed to And. Dudithius at the end of Socinus his Epiſtles zin Biblioth. fratr. Polon. p. 512., cites the Pages of the Polonian Miſſal, where they thus ſalute the B. Virgin, Ave, univerſae Trinitatis mater: Hail, O Mother of the whole Trinity. And Dudithius adds, Now nothing hinders, but that leaving the Trinity, we fly to Mary herſelf, and impore her aid.