She knew herself to be a sinner who needed a Saviour, and that she could no otherwise rejoice in God than as interested in his salvation through the promised Messiah.
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It is with great propriety, in speaking of the joy of her heart, that she gives to God the appellation of Savior. Till God has been recognised as a Savior, the minds of men are not free to indulge in true and full joy, but will remain in doubt and anxiety.
So also, the Holy Virgin herself recognized the Lord Christ as her Saviour (Luke 1:47). But now whose Saviour the Lord Christ is, He makes whole and redeemed from sins, as God's Angel himself testifies (Matthew 1:21).
My Saviour—Mary, poor heart, never dreamt, we see, of her own "immaculate conception"—in the offensive language of the Romanists—any more than of her own immaculate life.
The Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints being sinners, could not satisfy so much as for them selves.