Ruth: A Sacred Oratorio (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The Dcfign an this Booh is, (l) To lead to Providence, to fhew' us how convetjitnt it is ahout our private Concerns, and to teach us in them all to have an Eye to it, achnowledging G OD in all'lour Ways; and in all Events that are concerning us. See I Sam. Ii. 7, 8. Pfalm cxiii. 7, 8, 9. 'to lead to christ, who defcended from ruth, Part of who/e Genealogy concludes this Booh, from whence it is fetched into Matt i. And in the Convetjion of ruth the moa bitess, and the hringing of her into the Pedigree of the messiah, we have a Type of the Callingpf the gentiles in due Time into the Fellow/hip of christ jes'us our lord. The Aflié'tions of naomi and ruth we have an Account ofchap. I. Iwances Qf their Indzylry and Humility, Chap. 11. The hringing them into Al liance with boaz, Chap. Iii. And their happy Settlement therehy, Chap. Iv. And let us rememher the Scene is laid in bethlehem, the City where our redeemer was horn.

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