A few remarks on the general design of the whole will conclude this subject. Though it was not the intention of God to permit Abraham actually to offer a human sacrifice, yet he might mean

The Offerings of Cain and Abel Gen. 4:1–8 Ver. 1. Adam has by his wife a son, who is called Cain; viz. a possession or acquisition; for, said Eve, “I have gotten a man from

The Curse of Satan, Including a Blessing to Man--Effects of the Fall Genesis 3:15-24   Ver. 15. By all that had hitherto been said and done, God appears to have concealed from man who was

Abraham Justified By Faith Gen. 15:1–6 Abram was the father of the faithful, the example or pattern of all future believers; and perhaps no man, upon the whole, had greater faith. It seems to have

The Fall of Man Gen. 3:1–7 We have hitherto seen man as God created him, upright and happy. But here we behold a sad reverse; the introduction of moral evil into our world, the source

The Last Five Days’ Creation Gen. 1:6–31 Ver. 6–8. We here enter upon the second day, which was employed in making a firmament or expanse. It includes the atmosphere, and all that is visible, from

The Book in General, and the First day’s Creation Genesis 1:1–4 It is common for the writers of other histories to go back in their researches as far as possible; but Moses traces his from

The Reward of a Faithful Minister “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?”—1 Thess. 2:19. I

Let us consider, in the first place, the things wherein pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is said to consist. In visiting the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and in keeping

Let us view the heavenly state under the ideas of a rest from labour and a reward for it. The term labour does not convey the idea of simple exercise; for we shall never cease