CONTENTS This chapter begins that subject, which all succeeding history hath been manifesting, of the distinction between the church and the world. Abel and Cain form the great head of each, and their generations preserve the evidence of the original stock, to mark the difference between the righte... [ Continue Reading ]
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And if, by the name of Abel, which signifies vanity, Our first mother meant, that his birth was of little consequence, now she had gotten Cain; how strikingly was that Scripture fulfilled! Isai... [ Continue Reading ]
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: Proverbs 15:8; Psalms 11:7. See, also, particularly, Hebrews 11:4, which, at once, proves that Abel knew under what character the promised Seed should come; and,... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. Hebrews 12:24. In the original, it is, thy Brother's bloods; as if, not only the death of Abel was concerned, but the cause of Christ included in the deed. See Revelation 6:10; Hebrews 12:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Revelation 14:11; Revelation 14:11. How striking a difference to Ezekiel 9:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. Reader! observe, here, how little notice is taken of the posterity of Cain. 'This is all which is said of him and his race, until that they were all destroyed by the delu... [ Continue Reading ]
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos signifying wretchedness; in allusion, perhaps. to the fallen state ()f nature, which even the children of gracious parents are born to, as well as others. Psalms 51:5;... [ Continue Reading ]