gistrate who administers them, because we think ourselves more holy than he.

90. Cain talked with his brother, ver. 8.-We should never conceal hatred under the mask of friendship. 91. Cain rose up against, Abel, ver. 3.-We should never seek a quarrel, nor attempt to injure others.

92. Cain rose up against Abel when they were in the field, ver. 8.-We should never take an undue advantage of the weakness, the confidence, or the defencelessness of others.

93. Cain killed his brother, ver. 3.-We should beware of ill-will or anger, lest it lead us to murder or to revenge.

94. God inquires after Abel, ver. 9.-We should always be careful to investigate and examine a matter before deciding upon it.

95. Cain denied all knowledge of Abel, ver. 9.—We should never double a sin by denying it.

96. Cain insulted God to hide his sin, ver. 9.-We should be humble, and penitent, and submissive, when we have fallen into temptation or sin.

97. God charged him with his sin, ver. 10.—We should endeavour to awaken the conscience of sinners to a sense of their guilt and misery.

98. Abel's blood, though concealed from men, cried for vengeance from God, ver. 10.-That it is in vain for us to attenfpt a concealment of our sins, which will, and must at last find us out.

99. God cursed Cain, ver. 11.-Sin shall be punished.

100. The earth was not to yield its strength to Cain, ver. 12. All nature is, and will be, enlisted in the cause of God, against the enemies and persecutors of his people.

101. Cain was to be a fugitive and a vagabond, ver. 12. We ought to be grateful to God for a home, and should endeavour to make it a temple for his service,

102. Cain complained of his punishment, ver. 13.

We should be more afraid of sin itself, than of its punishment.

103. Cain complained of the hidings of God's face, ver. 14.-We should seek and prize the favour of God and the light of his countenance.

104. Cain was to be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth, ver. 14.—We should not countenance, nor willingly associate with wicked and ungodly men.

105. Cain was afraid that all who met him would kill him, ver. 14.-A guilty conscience is a miserable companion, and a constant terror.

106. God set a mark upon Cain to preserve him, ver. 15.-We ought not to aggravate the punishment or affliction of the wicked, but should rather pity and relieve them.

107. Cain went out from the presence of God, ver. 16. We should never seek to absent ourselves from the worship, or the people of God.

108. Cain dwelt on the east of Eden, ver. 16-We may live near to ordinances; but if we neither enjoy nor improve them, they will be a curse, rather than a blessing.

SECTION VIII.

The Wickedness of the World previous to the Flood. Gen. vi. 1-11.

1. And it (1) came to pass, when (2) men began to (3) multiply on the (4) face of the earth, and (5) daughters were born unto them.

1. Happened.-2. Mankind, particularly the race of Cain.-3. Become very numerous.-4. Various countries and districts on the surface.-5. Female children, who afterwards grew up to be very beautiful women. 1. What did man begin to do? Who began to multiply? Where did man begin to multiply? On the face of what? What were born unto them? Unto whom were daughters born? Where were daughters born unto them?

2. That the (1) sons of God saw the daughters of (2) men that they were (3) fair; and they took (4) them wives of all which (5) they

chose.

1. Race of Seth, who feared and served God.-2. Cain's seed.-3. Very beautiful.-4. Unto themselves of these women.-5. Their fancy directed, without considering their ungodly characters.

2. What is here said of the sons of God? What did they see? Whose daughters did they see? Who saw the daughters of men? Whose sons? What did they see about the daughters of men? Who were fair? What did the sons of God take? Who took them wives?

all what?

From whom did they take them wives? Of

3. And the Lord said, My (1) Spirit shall not (2) always (3) strive with man, for that he also is (4) flesh: yet his (5) days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

1. Holy Spirit.-2. Continue for ever, or much longer to.-3. Suggest holy thoughts, and right modes of acting to the mind and heart of.-4. Of the sinful and corrupt race of fallen Adam.-5. Time for repentance, and farther trial.

3. What did the Lord say? What would not strive? Whose Spirit would not strive? What would God's Spirit not always do? Strive with whom? What did God say man was? How long was man's days to be? What was to be for an hundred and twenty years?

4. There were (1) giants in the earth in those days: and also after that, when the (2) sons of God came in unto the daughters of (3) men, and they bare children to them, the same became (4) mighty men, which were, (5) of old, men of (6) renown.

1. Great men.-2. Godly race of Seth.-3. Cain's seed.-4. Very powerful.-5. Long ago.-6. Whom the people spoke much of.

4. What were in the earth in those days? Where were there giants? When were there giants upon the earth? Unto whom did the sons of God come? What were born unto them? What did their children become? When were they? What kind of men were they?

5. And God saw that the (1) wickedness of (2) man was (3) great in the earth, and that every (4) imagination of the thoughts of his (5) heart was only (6) evil (7) continually.

1. Open sin, and iniquity.-2. The whole race of Adam.-3 Become general and confirmed.-4. Suggestion and contrivance.-5. Mind and affections.-6. Wickedness and sin.-7. Without interruption or end.

5. What did God see? What was great? Whose wickedness was great? Where was the wickedness of man great? What was only evil? What imaginati ›n? Of what thoughts? Of whose heart? What were the imagination of the thoughts of man's heart? How many of the imaginations of his thoughts were evil? When were they evil?

6. And (1) it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and (2) it grieved him at his heart.

1. The Lord resolved to act as if he had repented.-2. As if he was greatly distressed and sorry.

6. Whom did it repent? What repented the Lord? Made whom? Made man where? Who was grieved? At what was God grieved? How was God grieved?

7. And the Lord said, I will (1) destroy man, whom I have (2) created, from the face of the (3) earth, both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

1. Put to death, and remove.-2. Made.-3. Whole world.

7. What did the Lord say? Whom was he to destroy? What was he to do to man? Who said he would destroy man? What man was he to destroy? Who had created man? From what was God to destroy man? Face of what? Who was to be destroyed from the face of the earth? What was to be destroyed besides man? What was God to do to the creeping things, and the fowls of the air? Why was God to destroy them? Of what did God repent? That he

had made what?

8. But Noah found (1) grace in the (2) eyes of the Lord.

1. Favour.-2. Sight.

S. What is said of Noah? What did Noah find? Where did he find grace? In whose eyes did Noah find grace?

9. (1) These are the (2) generations of Noah; Noah was (3) a just man, and (4) perfect in (5) his generations, and Noah (6) walked with God.

1. This that is about to be recorded is.-2. History of the family.-3. An upright, honest, and conscientious.-4. Constantly doing the whole of his duty.-5. The times during which he lived.-6. Believed, loved, served, worshipped, and sought daily to please.

9. Whose generations? What kind of a man was Noah? Who was a just man? What was Noah in his generations? In what was Noah perfect? With whom did Noah walk? Who walked with God?

What were

10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 10. How many sons did Noah beget? the names of Noah's three sons? Shem, Ham, and Japheth?

Whose sons were

11. The (1) earth also was (2) corrupt (3) before God, and the (1) earth was (4) filled with (5) violence.

1. Whole world.-2. Wicked and abominable.-3. To a very great degree.-4. Completely overrun and covered.-5. Robbery, murder, oppression, and all wickedness.

11. In what state was the earth? Before whom was the earth corrupt? What was corrupt before God? With what was the earth filled? What was filled with violence?

109. When men multiplied and prospered, they began to forget God, ver. 1, 2.-We should beware of prosperity, lest it lead our hearts from God and hea

ven.

110. The sons of God were betrayed by the company of wicked women, ver. 2.-We should beware of bad

company.

111. The sons of God chose wives by their beauty, and not their godliness and virtue, ver. 2.-We should esteem and choose virtue and piety, before beauty, strength, or worldly accomplishments.

112. God's Spirit will not always strive with man, ver. 3.-We should beware of checking, opposing, or quenching, the inward suggestions of conscience, and the influences of the Holy Spirit.

113. All men were to be destroyed, because all had become fleshly and corrupt, ver. 3.-We should beware of loving, or indulging in, sinful pleasures.