Reference: Seed, Seedtime
Hastings
1. Literal.
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Master, Moses left it in writing for us, that if a man's brother die, and leave a wife, and leave no children; that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.
as he had spoken to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed.
Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally was?
But he is a Jew who is such inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
I SAY then, Hath God rejected his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Know then that they who are of faith, these are the children of Abraham.
But to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, To seeds, as unto many persons; but as to an individual, and to thy seed, which is Christ.
There is no more Jew or Gentile, there is no more slave or freeman, there is no more male or female: but ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
And as many as shall walk after this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Every one who is born of God, doth not practise sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.