The Use and Intent of Prophecy, in the Several Ages of the World; In 6 Discourses. to Which Are Added, 3 Dissertations. in 6 Discourses. to Which Are Added, 3 Dissertations (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1725. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... the Tribe of Judah, together; and there Will be enough to answer our immediate Purpose, without entring into these Obscurities. Judah, fays Jacob, Thou art he whom thy Brethren Jhall praise; thy Hand jhall be in the Neck of thine Enemies: thy Fathers Children Jhall bow down before thee. In a Form of Words* not unlike this, the peculiar Blessing was appropriated to Shem; Japhet Jhall dwell in the Tents of Shem, and Canaan Jhall be his Servant. Gen. ix. x6. And when Jacob himself had the Blessing of Abraham settled on him, by his Father Isaac, in preference to his Brother Esau, the very Words, in which the Grant was made to him, are these: Let 'People serve thee, and Nations bow down to thee; be thou Lord over thy Brethren, and let thy Mothers Sons bow down to thee. Gen. xxvii., 2.9. Now when Jacob uses partly these Very Words, partly others of like Import, "can he be understood to bestow any other Blessing on his Son Judah, than that very Blessing, which he, in this fame Form of Words, received from his Father? Cou'd he forget the Import of his own Blessing when he was preserred to Esau? Or cou'd he use this solemn Form of Words, and mean something quite different from the Sense they carried, when his antient Father pronounced them over him? The other Parts of this Prophecy relate, I think, to the temporal Prosperity of Ju-