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14. What did God say to the serpent? What was he above all cattle? Why was he cursed above all' cattle? What was cursed above all catlle? Above what was the serpent cursed? Upon what was the serpent to go? What was it to eat? When was the

serpent to eat dust?

15. And I will put (1) enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall (2) bruise thy head, and thou shalt (3) bruise his heel.

1. A spirit of strife, ill will, and malice.-2. Utterly destroy thee.3. Put him to pain.

15. What was God to do? What was to be put between the serpent and the woman? enmity between em? Between to be put? Between whose seed? man's seed to do to the serpent? bruise? Whose head was to be bruised? the serpent to do to the woman's seed? bruise his heel?

Who was to put whom was enmity What was the woWhat was he to What was Who was to

16. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly (1) multiply thy sorrow and thy conception: in sorrow thou shalt (2) bring forth children; and thy (3) desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall (4) rule over thee.

1. Increase and add to.-2. Bear.-3. Wishes.-4. Have authority. 16. What was to happen to the woman? What was God to multiply? Who was to multiply these? What was the woman to bring forth in sorrow? To whom was the desire of the woman to be? Whose desire was to be to her husband? What was the husband to do? Over whom was he to rule?

17. And unto Adam he said, because thou hast (1) hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I (2) commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; (3) cursed is the ground for thy sake; in (4) sorrow shalt thou eat of (5) it all the days of thy life:

1. Heard and obeyed.-2. Ordered. 3. My curse shall rest upon.4. Grief and anxiety.-5. Its fruits.

17. What did God say to Adam? To whom had Adam hearkened? What had Adam done at the desire of his wife? Of what tree had he eaten? What had God commanded? What did God say about the ground? What was cursed? For whose sake was the ground cursed? What was Adam to eat? In what

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manner was he to eat? For how long was he to do this? What was Adam to do all the days of his life? 18. (1) Thorns also and (2) thistles shall it (3) bring forth to thee: and thou shalt (4) eat the (5) herb of the field.

1. Hurtful and troublesome plants.-2. Useless weeds.-3. Produce.4. Live upon.-5. Vegetables.

To whom What was

18. What was the earth to bring forth? was it to bring forth thorns and thistles? Adam to eat? Of what herb was Adam to eat?

19. (1) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou (2) return unto the ground; for out of (3) it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

1. By hard labour.-2. Die and art buried in.-3. The ground.

19. In what was Adam to eat bread? What was Adam to do in the sweat of his face? Till what time was Adam to do this? Out of what was Adam taken? Of what was Adam made? To what was Adam to return? Who was to return to dust?

20. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the (1) mother of all (2) living.

1. First mother.-2. Mankind.

20. What did Adam call his wife? Why did Adam call his wife Eve? Of whom was Eve the mother?

21. Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the Lord God make (1) coats of (2) skins, and (3) clothed them.

1. Clothes.-2. The skins of animals.-3. Put upon. 21. What did God make?

-make the coats?

For whom did God

What did God do with the skins? Who were clothed with the coats of skins?

22. And the Lord God said, Behold, (1) the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live for ever;

1. Adam.

22. What did God say? As whom had man become? To know what? What did God intend to prevent? For what might Adam put forth his hand? Of what tree? What followed the eating of that tree?

23. (1) Therefore the Lord God (2) sent him (3) forth from the garden of Eden, to (4) till the ground (5) from whence he was taken.

1. For that reason.-2. Ordered.-3. Out of.-4. Dig.-5. Out of which the clay was taken of which he was made.

23. Who sent him forth? Who was sent forth?

From what were Adam and Eve sent forth? What were Adam and Eve to do? What were they to till? What ground were they to till? Who had been taken from the ground?

24. So he (1) drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden (2) cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned (3) every way, to (4) keep the (5) way of the tree of life.

1. Forcibly put.-2. Angels -3. On all sides.-4. Preserve.-5. The path which led to.

24. What did God do to the man? Who was driven out? What did God place at the garden? At what spot were the cherubim and flaming sword placed? What did the flaming sword do? What was the use of the cherubim and flaming sword? By what did God keep the way of the tree of life?

LESSONS.

56. The serpent was cursed for tempting Eve, ver. 14. We should beware of being the cause of sin in others.

57. There was to be enmity between Christ and Satan, ver 15.-We should never make, nor allow peace

with sin.

58. Christ was to bruise Satan's head, ver. 15.-We should look to Christ alone for the victory over sin and death.

59. Eve's sorrow was to be multiplied, ver. 16.-We should humbly and patiently submit to the evils of sin which we have brought down on ourselves.

60. Adam was to rule over his wife, ver. 16.-Wives should not oppose, nor rebel, against the lawful commands of their husbands.

61. Adam had sinfully hearkened to his wife, ver. 17. -No influence, authority, or force, should make us disobey God.

62. The ground is now cursed for man's sin, ver. 17. -We should look higher than this world, and set our affections on heaven.

63. Man was to eat bread in sorrow, ver. 17.-We should be very grateful to God for every comfort and blessing which we enjoy.

64. Weeds and noxious plants are consequences of the fall, ver. 18.-We should hate sin; and should think of the fall every time we pluck up, or see a weed in the ground.

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65. Man was to labour for his bread, ver. 19.—We should not repine at poverty, or be discontented with hard labour.

66. Man was taken from the dust, ver. 19.-We should mortify our pride, and always be humble.

67. Man was to return to the dust again, ver. 19.We should never forget death, but endeavour to die daily.

68. God clothed Adam and Eve, ver. 21.-We should pity the miseries, and help to soften the sorrows of others, however undeserving.

69. God at last shut out man from the tree of life, ver. 22, 23.-We should improve our mercies and privileges while we enjoy them.

70. Adam was forcibly driven from Eden, ver. 24.We must be holy before we can get to heaven.

71. The flaming sword turned every way, ver. 24.— We should never deceive ourselves by thinking that we can deceive God, or can do any thing of ourselves to regain heaven.

SECTION VII.

The History of Cain and Abel.-Gen. iv. 1—16.

1. And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she (1) conceived and (2) bare Cain, and said, I have (3) gotten a man from the Lord.

1. Became with child.-2. Was delivered of.-3. Obtained, or received. 1. Who was Eve? Whose wife was Eve? What is here said of Eve? Whom did Eve bear? What did

Eve say when she bore Cain? What had she gotten? From whom had she gotten him? Who had gotten

a man from the Lord?

2. And she again (1) bare (2) his brother Abel. And Abel was (5) « keeper of sheep, but Cain was (4) a tiller of the ground.

1. Was delivered of-2. Cain's.-3. Employed in feeding and keeping.-4. Employed in digging up, and cultivating.

2. What did Eve again do? Whom did Eve again bear? Who bore Abel? Who was Abel's brother? What was Abel to Cain? Of what employment was Abel? Of what was he a keeper? What did Abel do to the sheep? Who was a keeper of sheep? Of what employment was Cain? Who tilled the ground? What did Cain do to the ground? What did Cain till?

3. And in (1) process of time it (2) came to pass, that Caia brought of the (3) fruit of (4) the ground an offering unto the Lord.

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1. Course.-2. Happened.-3. Produce.-4. His fields and gardens. 3. What came to pass? When did this come to pass? What did Cain do? What did Cain bring What did Cain do with the fruit of the ground? For what purpose did Cain bring of the fruit of the ground? Unto whom was this brought as an offering? Who brought of the fruits for an offering?

4. And Abel, he also brought of the (1) firstlings of his (2) flock, and of the (3) fat (4) thereof. And the Lord had (5) respect anto Abel, and to (6) his offering:

1. First-born.-2. Sheep.-3. Very best.-4. Of them.-5. A favourable regard and affection.-6. The sacrifice which he offered.

4. What did Abel do? What did Abel bring? What part of his flock did Abel bring? Of whose flock? What part of his flock did Abel bring? The fat of what? Unto what had God respect? Who had respect unto Abel? To what else had God respect, besides Abel himself? To whose offering?

5. But unto Cain, and to (1) his offering, (2) he had not (3) respect, and Cain was very (4) wroth, and (5) his countenance fell.

1. What he presented of the fruits of the ground.-2. God.-3. A favourable regard.-4. Angry.-5. He became gloomy and morose.

5. To what had God not respect? To what besides Cain himself, had God not respect? To whose offer

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