...whole Pentateuch in doubt and obscurity, but to shake to its very basis Christianity, which commences in the promise, that ' the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent.' In reality, if we take the history of the Fall in any other sense than the obvious literal sense, we...

...patriarchal and Jewish economies. The first rays of mercy dawned on the guilty pair in paradise., and, in the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent, a foundation was laid of hope. Every succeeding announcement was a still more visible display of Divine...

...passages under each head of his argument, and say the passages were misinterpreted. As to Adam's religion, the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent means, that one born of woman should trample all iniquity under feet ; nor is it anywhere said in the...

...passages under each head of his argument, and say the passages were misinterpreted. As to Adam's religion, the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent means, that one born of woman should trample all iniquity under feet; nor is it anywhere said in the...

...was by Divine appointment. It never has been doubted, amongst intelligent orthodox christians, that in the promise, that " the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent," as intkuation was distinctly conveyed to Adam, that the human race should be delivered by the Messiah...

...even before our first parents were expelled from Eden. The first intimation we have of a Messiah was in the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent. Gen. iii. 15. In the New Testament it is said, " God sent forth his Son, made of a woman." Gal. iv....

...even before our first parents were expelled from Eden. The first intimation we have of a Messiah was in the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent. Gen. iii. 15. In the New Testament it is said, " God sent forth his Son, made of a woman." Gal. iv....

...clearly-attested revelation of Divine truth. We do not know all its contents. We know that it included the promise, that the " Seed of the woman " should " bruise the head of the serpent." But of the extent of the truth thus communicated, we are not informed. It was, however, sufficient to give...

...the book of Nature and of the book of Inspiration. When the curse fell on man, it was mitigated .by the promise, that " The seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent ;" when the earth was forbidden to yield him food, except as the fruit of painful toil, that very toil...

...in the course of ages, all will be rectified, whatever be the effort of man. Did the fathers receive the promise, that the seed of the woman should bruise the head of the serpent ; and were they taught to expect the advent of a great Deliverer, God manifest in the flesh, who should...