This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: … bruise crush him from the triumphant tread of the seed of the woman. This would Complete the victory of man–this would perfect the punishment of man’s enemy. Not merely was the serpent to be trodden down–but the honour and the sweetness of the triumph were reserved for the children of his weak and deluded victim. That were revenge indeed! and our great ancestor might have anticipated the song of the Prophet’s exultation.–Micah vii. 8–10, 17–20. These three things I think would be naturally inferred from the sentence pronounced upon the serpent–that God was displeased at their tempter and meant him not to enjoy bis victory–that the punishment inflicted on him must be so far a restoration granted to themselves–and that it was THE PRIMARY FROMISE tect. the kind design of God that the human nature which the serpent had afflicted, and against which he had gained a temporary and perhaps long continued advantage, should in the end hare the honour and the satisfaction of winning the victory and trampling on the foe.–The mingled light and shade of Prophetic visions are here conspicuous–the prediction was a light, its influence would be cheering, it would guide those who gave heed to it in the way of hope and of life. But it was a light shining in a dark place; it did not clear up all the gloom; it did not reveal all the prospect of the future; much uncertainty still remained; and the light which glimmered before them would shew them sorrow and suffering, as well as hope and immortality; the seed of the woman, though victorious, was destined to suffer from the malice of the serpent; the poison was to rankle in bis flesh before the fangs of the dragon could be broken; and bitter enmity between the race of woman and the seed of the deceiver was t…
