S'^T, in the singular form, takes the pronouns plural in the following places: (ien. xv, 13; xvii, 7; Exod. XXX, 21 ; Lev. xxi, 17; 2 Kings xvii, 20; 2 Chron.xx, 7, etc.; Neh. ix, 2, etc.; Psa. cvi, 27; Isa. Ixi, 9; Jer. xxiii, 8; xxxiii, 26; xlvi, 27; Ezek. xx, o-ll. S^T, in the same singular form, has pronouns singular in the following: Gen. iii, 15; xxii, 17; xxiv, 60; 1 Sam. i, 11; 2 Sam. vii, 12; 1 Chron. xvii, 11. These passages embrace seventy-one pronouns in all — twenty-three sin- gular and forty-eight plural. They are all the places where the pronoun represents y'^T. Pronouns merely in apposition do not come under the rule. This pre- sents a syntax different from the word, showing that seed has a double const niction. The distinction made by Paul is not between one seed and anotlier, but between the one seed and the many; and if we consider him quoting the same passage with Peter (/oc. «/.), his argu- ment is fairly sustained by the pronoun "/(w enemies." Seed with a pronoun singular is exactly equivalent to son. It is wortli noting that the Aramtean relatives of
Kebekah have retained the peculiar syntax of the cove- nant, where our translators missed the mark, in Gen. xxiv, 60, "Those who hate him." Whether these Syr- ians understood the Messianic aspect of the promise, or whether, like the Sept., ?<•/») did not see the 6 ip-^o^itvoQ, they merely followed the grammar, their language con- veys the idea of One among the thousands of millions who will subdue all His haters.
Isa. xlviii, 19, as it stands in our Hebrew Bibles, fur- nishes an exception to the principle laid down above. If we should attach importance to one exception, occur- ring in a composition highly poetical, against three- score plain examples, it is to be observed that the Sept. has a different reading, and Lowth prefers it — thus re- moving all difficult}' in the case.
With this clue to the Abrahamic covenant, and through it to the protevangel, we arrive with precision at the unity of the seed promised there — the He that shall bruise Satan on the head. The masculine singu- lar copied by the Sept. is twice used in that promise. He is the God of peace who bruises Satan (Kom. xvi, 20). (K.H.)
Seeded, a phrase indicating that tapestry, hang- ings, or church vestments were, for their greater or- namentation, sprinkled over at regular intervals with pearls, anciently called " seeds."
Seekers, a small sect of Puritans which arose in England in 1G45, and was afterwards merged in that of the Quakers. The Seekers derived their name from the employment in which thej' represented themselves as being continually engaged, that ot' seeking for the true Church, ministry, Scriptures, and ordinances, all of which, they alleged, had been lost. Baxter {Life and Times, p. 76) says of them, " They taught that our Scripture was uncertain ; that present miracles are nec- essary to faith: that our ministry is null and without authority, and our worship and ordinances unnecessary or vain." They and the Rationalists were promoters of the deism of England. — Hagenbach, Hist, oj" Doc- trines, ii, 238.
Seelen, Johann Heinrtch von, a German theo- logian, was born Aug. 8, 1688, at Asel, near Stade. In 1713 he was called as conrector to Flensburg, in 1715 to Stade, and in 1718 as rector to Liibeck, where he died, Oct. 22, 1762. Seelen was a voluminous writer. His most important work is his Meditationes Exegeti- C(e,quibus Varia Utriiisqne Test amenti Loci Expenduntur et Illustrdntur (Liibeck, 1730-37, 3 pts.). He also wrote dissertations on different passages of the Scripture, for which see Fiirst, Bibliothecn .Tudnica, iii, 305 sq. — Wi- ner, Handbuch der theologischen Literatur. (B. P.)
Seel-stone, a mediaeval mason's term for that stone which was placed or the top of a niche or tabernacle to crown and complete it, " Item, for garnyshing y« seel- stone, \\s. iv(7." — Lee, Gloss, of Litiirffical Terms, s. v.
Seely, Amos W., a (Dutch) Reformed minister, was born in New York city in 1805. He graduated from Union College in 1828, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1831. His ministry was spent chiefly in the Reformed Ciiurch in Western New York, and was greatly blessed in its results. He was a plain, earnest, practical preacher; a man of guileless character and tender inety. He died in 18{)5. He published two works which passed through several editions. Doctrinal Thoughts and Practical Thoughts. See Corwin, Man- ual of the Reformed Church. "( W. J. R. T.)
Seelye, Edwakd E., D.D., a ( Dutch ) Reformed minister, was born at Lansingburgh, N. Y., in 1819, and graduated at Union College in 1839. and at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1843. LTntil 1858 his minis- try was exercised in the Presbyterian churches of Still- water, N.Y., from 1843 to 1850, and Sandy Hill, N.Y., from 1850 to 1858. At the latter date he removed to Sche- nectady as pastor of the First Reformed Church, where he died in 1865. Mr. Seelye's physique was tall, large,
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ruggod, and indicative of the best of health. His mind was vigorous, comprehensive, and direct. His preach- ing was orthodox, logical, scholarly, instructive, inter- esting, and warm-hearted. His delivery was impressive and popular. He left a valuable posthumous work en- titled Bible Einhlems, which has been printed by the American Tract Societv, New York. See De Baun [Kev. J. A.], Tribute. (W. J. K. T.)