Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...of Motifs' Hod. Jeconiaa' seed degraded; Book 3. He came into this world: I mean, that the saying, rn. ii. Without hands, meant that without work of human hands, i. o., of those who are used to cut stones, was His coming into this world: Joseph, namely, not contributing at all to it, but only Mary cooperating with the Economy. For this stone of the Earth is formed by God's power Isa_ and skill. And therefore Esaias saith, Thus saith the xxvm. 16. Il0rd, Behold, I cast into the foundations of Sion a precious stone, elect, chief, a corner-stone, an honourable stone; that we may understand His coming as Man to be not of the will of man but of the will of God. 8. For this cause again Moses also, exhibiting a Type, The Rod casfc he rod on the ground, that it, becoming incarnate, of Moses o, ' o, Exod.vii. might put to shame and swallow up all the rebellion of the Egyptians which was rising up against God's Economy: and that the Egyptians themselves might bear lb. viii. witness that it is the the finger of God which is working lJ' salvation for the people, and not the Son of Joseph. For were He the Son of Joseph, how could he have S.Matth. more than Solomon, or more than Jonas, or be soinexu.41,4.. thing more than David, born as He must have been of the same seed, and their actual offspring? And why again did He call Peter blessed, for knowing Him to lb. xvt. the Son of the Living God? 9. And besides this, neither could He be King, if at least S. Matth. He were Son of Joseph; nor heir, as Jeremiah saith Engi.WUh For Joseph is set forth as the son of Joacim and JeJechonias chomas, 0s Matthew also expounds his origin. But JehM no chonias and his issue were all degraded from the KingJer. xxii. dom, Jeremiah thus speaking; As I live, ..."
