to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.
      (2.) She must ask no questions concerning the way and manner how it shall be wrought; for the Holy Ghost, as the power of the Highest, shall overshadow her, as the cloud covered the tabernacle when the glory of God took possession of it, to conceal it from those that would too curiously observe the motions of it, and pry into the mystery of it. The formation of every babe in the womb, and the entrance of the spirit of life into it, is a mystery in nature; none knows the way of the spirit, nor how the bones are formed in the womb of her that is with child,Ecclesiastes 11:5. We were made in secret,Psalms 139:15; Psalms 139:16. Much more was the formation of the child Jesus a mystery; without controversy, great was the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh,1 Timothy 3:16. It is a new thing created in the earth (Jeremiah 31:22), concerning which we must not covet to be wise above what is written.