The Blessed Virgin's root traced in the tribe of Ephraim

The Blessed Virgin's root traced in the tribe of Ephraim

Author: Laing, F. H

Year: 1871

CONTENTS. GENERAL TABLE. PART FIRST. Introductory Essay explaining the doctrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s descent from Ephraim, as to its — origin. scope. Theological bearings, and controversial exigencies. PART SECOND. Proof of the doctrine of the Ephraimite descent of our Lord’s Mother, from Scripture; in two propositions : — I. Showing that the Progenitorship of the Messiah was divided, in its two parts, paternal and maternal, between the two lines of Judah and Ephraim. II. That the two lines of Judah and Ephraim coalesced in the persons of Joseph and Mary, for the production of the Messiah. In which is given a detailed exposition of the Scripture doctrine of the Incarnation, as being the main point in the Heavenly Marriage between Jehovah, and Israel His elect: in which Mary the Virgin is the representative functionary of Israel “the Virgin,” spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, as the one who should “ conceive and bear a Son," Immanuel PART THIRD. The foregoing conclusion of the motherlike destiny reserved for the Ephraimite line; as gathered also from the various significant incidents attending the Scripture history of it, in its chief personages : — I. Rachel, the mother ; —