In these verses, we have, I. The birth of John Baptist, Luke 1:57. Though he was conceived in the womb by miracle, he continued in the womb according to the ordinary course of nature (so did our Saviour): Elisabeth’s full time came, that she should be delivered , and then she brought forth a son . Promised mercies are to be expected when the full time for them is come, and not before. II. The grea...