...sacrifice. The sacred historian informs us, " that Cain " brought of the fruit of the ground an of" fering unto the Lord. And Abel he also " brought of the firstlings of his flock, and " of the fat thereof2." It was an animal sacrifice, then, which was accepted. By recurring to the Levitical law,...

...nation. In the fourth chapter of Genesis, at the 3d and 4th verses we read, that " in process of time Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering...the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." Critics on this passage observ.e, tba't the words process of time, would be better rendered, " at the...

...unjust and wicked envy, by which death first entered into the world. IV. For thus it is written: 7 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit 1 With mercy and conscience. * Ye were without repentance in all well-doing. Titus iii. 1. 5 Prov....

...there can be no reasonable doubt that Cain was actuated by the same sentiment -; or he would not have " brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto " the Lord :" — and faith, so explained, could not have conferred upon oneany superiority over the other. But \\\fj<iit.h...

...offering of animals was a distinguishing part of that way of worshipping God, which he accepted. " In process of time, it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering unto the * Genesis, iii, 21. Lord : and Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of hisjlock, and of the fat...

...and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. n the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abomin 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering...

...the glory of Abel. In process of time, or at the end of days, ie at the time appointed of God, Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of' the fat thereof, an offering to the Lord; thereby instructing us, as the law afterwards did the children of Israel,...

...and hare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. d also our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, F (lie ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Clin brought of the fruit of the ground...

...shall speak of in the next Lecture. III. CATECHETICAL QUESTIONS. 1. What were the words of the Text? " And Abel was a keeper of sheep ; but Cain was a tiller of th-.- ground." 2. Where are these words to be found ^ Genesis, chapter 4th, verse 2d. 3. Who was Caint...

...all ttrife and disorder. Kxamlilea of tlu mixchiefs they have occasioned. FOK thus it is written, ' And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an oflbring unto the Lord. And Abel, he also broughl of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof...