S H Ä D A L tz.4 of him; and Kings (both temporal and fpiritual) to come out of his Loins.* Jacob, having well experienced the Power, Grace, and All-fufficiency of the At SIIADI)AT,t continues, through divine Infpiration upon his dying Bed, the efficacious Mercy to Jofeph, and blefi'es himwith the Bleffings of Heaven above, the Bleffings of the Deep be- neath, with the Bleffings of the Breafts, and of the Womb. Thefe were 1Bleilings to be enjoyed in Time ; and therefore he adds ; 2'he Bleffangs of thy Father have prevailed (exceeded in Fulnefs and Strength) above the Bleffngs of my Progenitors, unto the utmoft Bound of the everlafting Hills ;$ or, for ever- more. The Lord himfelf declares to Mofes, that he was in the Al Shaddai, who appeared unto Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, and that thenceforward he would be known more particularly under the Name Jehovah.§ Now, He, whoappeared toMofes, was the fecondPerlon in the facredTrinity, or the Perfon covenanting tobe theMeffi- ah, as appears by the Teftimony ofSt. Stephen, and from various Pal'ages of Scripture : And, therefore, the Meffah, or Chilli, is the Al Shaddai, intended by the Patriarchs in their Confeflions of his Grace above re- cited. In the Book of Job frequent Mention is made of Shaddai, the Almighty, who is reprefented as able to perform all Things, and to fupply his. Creation with every thing requifite to its Exiftence and Support : The Pfalmift allo celebrates his Praifes, and the permanent Security of thofe who abide under his Shadow. ) Ifaiah denotes Jehovah's Vengeance upon Babylon, and, declaring htr Deftruftion, defcribes her Ruin ir- retrievable and complete, becaufe it was effedted by the omnipotent Shaddai. ¶ * Gen. xxxv. r a. t Gen. xlviii. 3 I Gen. xlix. zs, z6. § Exod. vi. 3. j Pfalm xci. r. s Ifaizh xiii. 6 And
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