[tag=DT] [lemma=seed] [tag=□] □
[tag=DT] [lemma=seed] [tag=IN] □
[tag=DT] [lemma=seed] [tag=DT] □
Divinely and weightily John says , " He that loveth not his brother is a murderer , " 67 the seed of Cain , a nursling of the devil . Paul , again , who calls Christ a man of the seed of David , wrote thus to the Hebrews ( i. 3 ) , ` Who being the brightness of His glory the very image of His subsistence , ' and to the Philippians ( ii . For inasmuch as the Jews of that day , in error themselves and misleading the Gentiles , thought that the Christ was coming as a mere man of the seed of David , after the likeness of the rest of the children or David 's descent , and would neither believe that He was God nor that the Word was made flesh ; for this reason it was with much wisdom that the blessed Apostles began by proclaiming to the Jews the human characteristics of the Saviour , in order that by fully persuading them from visible facts , and from miracles which were done , that the Christ was come , they might go on to lead them up to faith in His Godhead , by shewing that the works He had done were not those of a man but of God .