...him, to convey to his distressed soul, instruction of the most important kind: witness that cheering promise, that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head. (Gen. iii. 15.) Nor was God less attentive to the posterity of Adam; for he spake to our fathers by the prophets,...

...half the number of years that it may be said to have been in the womb, viz. from the delivery of the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head, (Gen. iii. 15,) to the birth of our Saviour. And here we cannot omit expressing our humble hope that a brighter...

...in condescending to enter into a new covenant with this fallen creature ; giving his word, or first promise, that the seed of the woman should " bruise the serpent's head." (Gen. iii. 15.) Herein Christ was promised, and hence called " the Word ; " being he indeed concerning whom...

...delightful view of prophecy. But the laws of interpretation forbid me ; and how can I repeal them ? No intimation is given by John, in Rev. 20 : 4 —...shall destroy the larger portion of the human race 1 We may reasonably conclude, then, that during the millennial period, when many of the present causes...

...Orthodox party. He maintained, in this work, that by far the larger proportion of mankind will be saved. " That the final proportion of men who will be redeemed...the woman should bruise the serpent's head,' Gen. iii : 15. But how can this promise be true, if, after all, Satan shall destroy the larger portion of...

...Orthodox party. He maintained, in this work, that by far the larger proportion of mankind will be saved. " That the final proportion of men who will be redeemed must be greater, yea muck greater than that which will be lost, seems to be mude certain by the ancient promise, that '...

...general tenor of the Bible ; and still others maintain it by textual criticism, which begins with the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head: Gen. iii. 15; and sees the evidence broaden, and strengthen, and deepen in the call of Abraham ; the promise...

...Theological Institution at Andover, Mass. (the principal school of the kind in New England), said, " That the final proportion of men who will be redeemed,...shall destroy the larger portion of the human race? "* These divines saw that the fathers of Calvinism, in New England, had gone too far; that they were...

...Testament — namely, those which refer to our Saviour, so numerous and minute, beginning with the promise that " The seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head " (Gen. iii. 15), and ending with that of Malachi (ch. iv. 5), " Behold, I send you Elijah the Prophet, before...

...such a perversion of the Christian faith, the Roman Church has adopted and sanctioned a reading of the promise that the seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's head (Gen. iii. 15), which, if true, would be wonderfully adapted for her purpose. She shall bruise his head....