PARAPHRASE
ON THE
Gospel of St. Matthew.
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HE 'Book of HE Descent of Jethe generati
sus Christ by Birth on of Jesus Chrift, the son of David, the was, ( according to the Proson of Abraham. phecies that went before
concerning him,) from Abraham, to whom God had expresly promised, that in bis Seed should all the Nations of the Earth be blessed ;
and from David, of whose -1 Family the Messiah was by
the whole Jewish Nation without Controversie ex, pected to arise.