...history of Cain ; and by the character given to the antediluvian world. " The earth also was cor" rupt before God ; and the earth was filled with '* violence. And God looked upon the earth ; for " all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."3 In fact, the conduct of mankind, in all ages...

...earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Verse 11. " The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth...for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth." Similar declarations we also meet with in the book of Psalms, Ps. xiv. 1. See. " The fool hath said...

...period, and we find before the flood "that the wickednessof men was great in theearth,"—Gen. vi. 5. "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. For all flesh had corrupted his way upon theearth," ver. 11, 12. And after the flood, excepting the...

...faith the Gen. vi. text, was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled-1*' "' •with violence. God looked upon the earth, and behold it was corrupt ; for all flejh had corrupted its way upon the earth ; which univerfal and extreme corruption had not in probability...

...character of Noah, he represents him as essentially different from the rest of mankind at that day. "God looked upon the earth, and behold it was corrupt:...For all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth: And the Lord said unto Noah, come thou, and all thy house into the ark: For thee have I seen righteous...

...impiety there was not the interval of a moment for serious reflection or spiritual exercises. Again, God looked upon the earth and behold it was corrupt...for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The Lord is represented, by another infallible witness, as looking down from heaven vpon the children...

...parts. I. Depravity is derived from Adam. This is proved, (1.) From the universal depravity of man. " God looked upon the earth, and behold it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way." "The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand...

...Holy Scripture, which, in innumerable passages, mourns over this our great source of wretchedness. " The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth...for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth :" Gen. vi. 11, 12. " The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were...

...ways of mankind. The " way '' of a man is his habit. Thus we read, that shortly before the flood, " God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt...for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth." Again, the Psalmist says — and the Apostle repeats his saying — " There is none righteous, no not...

...great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had coirupted his way upon the earth. "f * Moral death was subsequent to eating, for had they not cat,...