was obliged to answer the question. "And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden and 1 was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." And he said, who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat. "Adam confessed that he had indeed been guilty of this sin, but endeavoured to excuse himself, by laying the blame upon Eve. "And the mau said, the woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree and I did eat." Thus in trying to excuse himself, he cast a reflection upon God, by saying that it was the woman that God gave him. Oh Adam, where is your love to Eve. See what sin has done. Adam soon lost all affection for his wife. God then cal

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led the woman to account, and said, is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent beguiled me and I did eat." She readily confessed the fault, but she did not cast any blame upon God. She did not say, the serpent thou hast made tempted me, and I did eat. It is true she was willing to excuse herself as well as Adam, but she said she was betrayed." The serpent beguiled

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me, and I did eat." She laid the blame where it ought to be placed, for it was all the work of that old serpent the devil, tp. on whom God immediately passed sen tence. "And the Lord God said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put énmify between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Under the name of the ser pent the curse is denounced by God, and intended for Satan, the great enemy of souls. By his seed, is meant all wicked men, who are the children of him, who was liar and a murderer from the beginning, Wicked people hiss at those who are good. They laugh at them, reproach them and per secute them because they love God and Jesus Christ, (they did so to Jesus Christ, whom they buffetted, scourged, and nailed to the cross. It was then that the heel, that is the human nature of Christ, was bruised.)By bruising the heel, is meant the sufferings of Christ who is the seed of the woman, who bruis

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ed the head of the serpent, by crushing his power over man, by his death on the cross for sinners, and he will at last put an end to his power and confine him in the bottom

less pit." And unto the woman he said, I will "greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy con"ception. In sorrow shalt thou bring forth "children, and thy desire shall be subject to that of thy husband, and he shall rule 66 over thee. And unto Adam he said, be" cause thou hast hearkened unto the voice of "thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of

which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt "not eat of it: Cursed is the ground for thy

sake, in sorrow shall thou eat of it all the "days of thy life. Thorns also and "thistles shall it bring forth unto thee, and "thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the "sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, " till thou return to the ground; out of which 66 thou wast taken. For dust thou art, "and unto dust shalt thou return." Thus their sentence was pronounced by God, af ter which he sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man;

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and he placed at the east of the garden of

Eden

Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword, which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life."

In giving this brief history of the Fall, it was thought best to give it in the simplicity of Scripture; which appears to be admirably adapted to the understandings of the young. III,CATECHETICAL QUESTIONS ON THE FALL OF ADAM.

1. What was the Text, and where is it? Gen. 3d chap. 6th verse.

2. What character is given of the Serpent? That he was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

3. What was the enquiry which he made of the woman? Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden?

4. What answer did Eve make to him? We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the gar den:

Cherubims signifies" the likeness of the great ones," and were most probably emblems of the presence of God. Figures like those mentioned in Ezek. 1 chap. such as were placed in the tabernacle and temple over the mercy seat.

den: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

5. What did the Serpent say to this an swer? Ye shall not surely die.

6. What did the Serpent say that God knew? That in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened.

7. Did not Satan add something by way of promise? Yes, he added, and ye shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.

6. Did Eve see any excellence in this tree? Yes, she saw that it was good for food and pleasant to the eyes,

9. What did she think it was desirable for? To make one wise.

10. Did she take this forbidden fruit? Yes, she took thereof and did eat.

11. Did she give any of the fruit to Adam? Yes, she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat,

12. Who tempted Eve to eat this fruit? Satan, in the form of the Serpent.

13. What was the consequence of their