second accuser. To be thus “blameless” requires a constant dependence upon the grace of God. (Essex Remembrancer.) . And they had no child.— Virtue rewarded after long trial:—Observe here—I. This holy pair, Zacharias and Elisabeth, were fruitful in holy obedience, but barren in children; a fruitful soul and a barren womb are consistent, and often meet together. This religious couple made no less progress in virtue than in age, and yet their virtue did not make their age fruitful. II. Elisabeth