Luke 1:61

61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

Ver. 61. There is none of thy kindred ] There is an inbred desire in us all of immortality; we would eternize our names, and do therefore call our children, cities, lands, &c., after them, Psalms 49:11 . But they do best that get assurance that their names are written in heaven. They that depart from God shall be written in the earth, Jeremiah 17:13 , as Cain’s son, Lord Enoch of Enoch, Genesis 4:17 , and those men of renown, Genesis 6:4 , were.