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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Section 2: Of the Covenant of promise as manifested to Adam.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Betwixt Satan and the woman; I will put enmity between thee and the woman: (i.e.) Betwixt thee the seducer, and her whom thou hast seduced. This enmity is opposed to the amity and familiarity, which had been between the woman and the Serpent, and upon that account the woman, and not the man is named; not but that enmity must be betwixt the Devil and man, as well as betwixt the Devil and the woman: but because the woman had more tampered with Satan, and being deceived by Satan, was first in the transgression, therefore is she only named, I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
1. Betwixt Satan and the woman; I will put enmity between thee and the woman: (i.e.) Betwixt thee the seducer, and her whom thou hast seduced. This enmity is opposed to the amity and familiarity, which had been between the woman and the Serpent, and upon that account the woman, and not the man is named; not but that enmity must be betwixt the Devil and man, as well as betwixt the Devil and the woman: but because the woman had more tampered with Satan, and being deceived by Satan, was first in the transgression, therefore is she onely named, I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
2. Betwixt Satan's seed, and the seed of the woman: I will put enmity, not only between thee, and the woman, but also between thy seed, and her seed, q.d. This enmity shall not cease with the death of the woman, but it shall continue to her seed, and to her seeds seed, even to the end of the World. We see to this day how the Serpent and Serpents seed are striving and warring against the Church; and a wonder it is (considering the malice of the enemy) that there is a Church upon Earth, but only that we have Christs promise, The gates of Hell shall not prevail against it; and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the World.
2. Betwixt Satans seed, and the seed of the woman: I will put enmity, not onely between thee, and the woman, but also between thy seed, and her seed, q.d. This enmity shall not cease with the death of the woman, but it shall continue to her seed, and to her seeds seed, even to the end of the World. We see to this day how the Serpent and Serpents seed are striving and warring against the Church; and a wonder it is (considering the malice of the enemy) that there is a Church upon Earth, but onely that we have Christs promise, The gates of Hell shall not prevaile against it; and lo I am with you alwayes, even to the end of the World.