.~--------------~----·--------------- Looking unto :Jefus. l 6 Book. III. Chap.l.Sed:,l V(Jl.at 18. . faid ofChriH: in thy feed foal! till the nati~n~ of the edrthbe hie!fed· Now in this place the feed of the Serpmt is taken colleCtively, for Joh,8 44 ali the families of dive Is , for the divelll'nd his Angels (as Chrill: callstbem) and for all the fonsofthedivel (i.) for all reprobate men , whofe father and prince is the dive!, as Chrifl: told the Jewes, ye rm,of yourfather the dive/, and the lufts ofyaur father yc will do : and as 'fohn tells us, he that commitrethfin is of the <JJivel ·- in this the chiLdren of Cjod are manifeft; and the children .aJah-3-8,1o of the Divel, and thus both divels and reprobates are reckoned as the feed of the Serpent. 4.· What is the/eedofthe W6rr.an? -The feed ofthewomanis that poil:erity of the woman which do not degenerate into the feed of the Serpent: that is the meaaing of the firfr fentence I will pttt enmity ; ---- and then it follows: betweene thy fe;d and her feed : and for this fenfe we have thefe arguments. 1. The oppofition of the feeds; for ~s the feJed of the Serpent is taken colkCl:ively, fo ~he feed ot t~e wom~n mufr b~ ~aken colleCtively, that the oppofi~ton may be ht. 2. the enmities fore-fpoken do il:ronglyevince it,now the' enmities pertaine both roEve and to al her pofreri.ty (if godly) to_ the end of the wqrld; hence aLl that ~Tim. 3.u. will live godly in Chrifl{rfus foal/ fujfer perfecution faith the A- - .pofi:le; And I will put enmity (faith God) betwri:ne thee and the woman· is that all? no,but alfo bewecne thy feed and herfeed: and who c~n deny bur thefe enmicies have beene ever fince· betwixt Ep.hef.6.1 1, • Sathans brood and the Saints? we .~re aLl wra/f!ers againft principalities, andpowers, andrulersofthedark.§nef{eojthisworld, and .-ITain.ft JPiritual wicksdnej[es in high pl.zces. c. 5. What is that HtJ] in our bible rranOated, it ? J it fo~tll bruife thy hrad? Some: obterve this Hu,ir J is pf the mafculine gender ;and Zera , feed, is of the mafculine gender; and [efophera , foal! br11ife is of the mafculine gender; which confutes the tn1nflation, that rc:nders it thus, foe foa l! bruife tby head: and which confirmes our tranflation which is thus, he, or it or that fame feed, (i.) one (ingular perfon of that fame feed' /l111/l bruife rhy head. Well then , who is this ht;.? or wrat on~ is he? J even 'fefus the Son of the liv ing Cjod.Here is the firft hintof 'je(us that ever was read , or heard of in this world. This was / the proto-evangel, or firft Gofpel that ever was pub.Jiilied after tl~ Creation. 0 blelfed newes, fit for Gods mouth to [peak,. · anf\
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