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A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of…
A history of the work of redemption. Containing the outlines of a body of divinity, in a method entirely new. / By the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, president of the College of New Jersey[.]
Boston: printed by Draper & Folsom, 1782
A HISTORY Of the WORK of REDEMPTION. › Period 1 › Part 5: From David to the Babylonish captivity.
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.
Christ was legally descended from the kings of Judah, though he was not naturally descended from them. He was both legally and naturally descended •rom David. He was naturally descended from Nathan the son of D•vid; for Mary his mother was one of the posterity of David by Nathan, as you may see in Luke's genealogy • but Joseph, the reputed and legal father of Christ, was naturally descended of Solomon and his successo•• as we have an account […] Matthew's genealogy. Jesus Christ, though he was not the natural son of Joseph, yet, by the law and constitution of the Jews, he was Joseph's heir; because he was the lawful son of Joseph's lawful wife, conceived while she was his legally espoused wife. The Holy Ghost raised up seed to him. A person, by the law of Moses, might be the legal son and heir of another, whose natural son he was not; as sometimes a man raised up seed to his brother: A brother, in some cases, was to build up a brother's house; so the H•ly Ghost built up Joseph's house.
Christ was legally descended from the kings of Judah, though he was not naturally descended from them. He was both legally and naturally descended •rom David. He was naturally descended from N•than the son of D•vid; for Mary his mother was one of the posterity of David by Nathan, as you may see in Luke's genealogy • but Joseph, the reputed and leg•l father of Christ, was naturally descended of Solomon and his successo•• as we have an account 〈…〉 Matthew's genealogy. J•sus Christ, though he was not the natural son of Joseph, yet, by the law and constitution of the Jews, he was Joseph's heir; because he was the lawful son of Joseph's lawful wife, conceived while she was his legally espoused wife. The Holy Ghost raised up seed to him. A person, by the law of Moses, might be the legal son and heir of another, whose natural son he was not; as sometimes a man raised up seed to his brother: A brother, in some cases, was to build up a brother's house; so the Hly Ghost built up Joseph's house.