It had been foretold that... a woman, yes, a
woman, should one day bruise their heads... and, according to all
appearances, this was the woman... and that she was that bright and
morning star that announces the appearance of the Sun.
"Why should we not therefore rejoice, as the angels in heaven
rejoiced, over that moat happy event - the birth of Mary."
From this it is clear that in Tucuman, at any rate - and this, by the
way, is an important city, of at least 75,000 inhabitants - they
believe that Mary, not Christ, came to bruise the serpent's head. The
Roman Catholic translation of Gen. 3:15 is: "She shall bruise the
serpent's head." Thus, the reader sees, at the very commencement of
God's Word, and in the very first promise of a Saviour for fallen
men, the eyes of seeking souls are turned by Romanists from the
Creator to the creature.
How these words are understood by Romanists is plainly seen by the
pictures of Mary trampling on the serpent, which are found everywhere
in Romish lands.
Under pictures of the Virgin, circulated everywhere, are the words:
"We have seen the star and are come to adore her." The prayers of
adoration run, "To the holiest birth of Mary, that in death it may
bring about our birth to eternal glory.
