CONTENTS I know not whether we ought to consider this chapter, as the most melancholy, or the most pleasing in the whole Bible. It certainly contains the substance of what forms both. Here we read the sad origin of sin, and its unavoidable consequences, misery and death. And here, we no less, behol... [ Continue Reading ]
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Observe, the woman had not lost sight of the commandment. She could not plead ignorance. Genesis 2:16... [ Continue Reading ]
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Reader! remark the progress of the enemy. He had before been working upon our mother's mind, to disbelieve what God hath said: and now he advanceth further, in a way of... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Pause over this verse, and remark the fatal mean by which, as... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Observe the immediate effect of sin. Shame, guilt and fear, filled the mind of Adam. Observe also on the part of the Lord, how immediately grace manifested itself: Ada... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Revelation 12:7; Hebrews 2:14; Isaiah 53:10; Colossians 2:15; Romans 16:20. How sweet and precious are all these scriptures, in confirmation of this gloriou... [ Continue Reading ]
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Job 14:1; 1 Corinthians 14:34. Who should have thought, that under this sentence of the woman so much grace w... [ Continue Reading ]
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Job 17:13; Psalms 22:15. How sweet a relief ought it to be to the poor man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, while thus bear... [ Continue Reading ]
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. I would desire the Reader to pause over this verse and compare it with Genesis 2:23. In that place, our first father called his wife (Ishak) Woman; meaning, that as the name Adam, signifies earth; so, Woman, signifies par... [ Continue Reading ]
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. Romans 13:14. Were not these the skins of beasts slaughtered for sacrifice? They could not be for food, for at this time no animal food was made use of. And if it were so, how beautiful is it to trace sacrifices... [ Continue Reading ]
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Numbers 22:23. While the view of this tremendous sword which no created power could take away, alarms the mind, and seems to forbid all... [ Continue Reading ]