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Suffice it, therefore, to observe, that, at the sovereign command of the Almighty, the cheerful light of day appeared; the firmament expanded, to divide the upper from the lower waters; the congregated floods retired to their destined bed; the dry land was crowned with a rich profusion of herbage, fruits, and flowers; the waters were replenished with an abundant variety of fish; the odoriferous air was fanned by the pinions of innumerable birds; the verdant meads were stocked with cattle; and every part of the earth was inhabited by its appropriate tribes. To complete, and truly to excel the whole, God created man of the dust of the ground, and infused into his body the breath of life, or immortality; in consequence of which, man became a living soul. The Almighty, also, formed woman out of the side of the man, whom he cast into a profound slumber for that purpose. (B. C. 4004.) Having thus produced an exquisite and a beautiful system from an unformed chaos, God placed the man and his wife, whom he named Adam and Eve, in the garden of Eden, and gave them instructions to dress and to keep it. He allowed them the free use of the fruit with which the garden abounded, with the exception of a particular tree, which was called the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and of which if they presumed to eat, they would incur the penalty of inevitable death. Contrary, however, to the divine injunction, the woman, deceived by the subtlety of the serpent, ate of the forbidden fruit, and afterwards enticed her husband to participate in her crime. From that moment innocence B forsook the human bosom. For this action, the Almighty cursed the serpent above all beasts; condemned the woman to be subject to her husband, and to bring forth children in sorrow; and doomed Adam to till the earth, and to procure from it his sustenance by daily and painful exertion, and to return to the dust from whence he was originally taken. He then compelled them to quit the. confines of Paradise, and placed at the entrance a cherubim, with a flaming sword that turned every way, to guard the passage to the tree of life. (B. C. 4004.) Cain, the eldest son of Adam, was born. in the first year of the world; and Abel, his brother, the year following. The former was gloomy and avaricious; the latter virtuous and ingenuous. Cain undertook the labours of husbandry, and Abel preferred the care of the flocks. God having accepted the sacrifice of Abel, and disregarded that of Cain, the latter, transported with rage and envy, killed his brother. (B. C. 3875.) On account of the perpetration of this horrid deed, the Almighty condemned Cain to become a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth; and he imprinted on his person a particular mark, as a token that no one should molest him, under pain of incurring a sevenfold punishment. t Soon after the tragical effect of Cain's resentment, his afflicted parents were consoled by the birth of Seth, whose descendants were for a long time distinguished by their piety and wisdom, and were honoured with the appellation of the sons of God. At length, however, they contracted alliances with the daughters of Cain, whose vices and profligacy of manners they gradually adopted. At last, the wickedness of mankind became so great, that the earth was literally filled with violence, and God determined to destroy the whole world. The But, notwithstanding the general corruption, one man was found perfect in his generation, and walking humbly with his God. This was Noah, a descendant from Seth, who, with his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet, and their wives, "found grace in the eyes of the Lord." venerable patriarch received instructions from God to build an ark, or vessel, which might contain his own family and such a quantity of animals, of every species, as might replenish the earth after the deluge. (B. C. 2348.) In the year of the world 1656, Noah and his family, with |