_Abigail_ (Vol. iv., p. 424.; Vol. v., p. 38.).--We are told in No. 115.
that Abigail was a _handmaid_. The Bible, however, tells us, that she
was the _wife_ of Nabal, a rich man, as I pointed out in a letter which
has not been printed. Speaking to David, no doubt, she repeatedly uses
the common phrase in the Bible, "thine handmaid," which would equally
prove that the Virgin Mary was a servant.