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6.

0. And the Lord faid unto Kain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance dejected?

P. J. And the Lord faid unto Kain, Why art thou angry, and why are the features of thy face caft down?

7.

0. If thou doeft well thy works, will it not be forgiven thee? and if thou doeft not well thy works, thy fin is referved unto the day of judgment, in which it fhall come to pafs that vengeance fhall be taken on thee, if thou doft not repent; but if thou repent, it fhall be forgiven thee.

P. J. If thou doeft well thy works, will not thy fin be forgiven thee? and if thou doeft not well thy works in this world, thy fin is reserved unto the day of the great judgment: and fin lieth at the doors of thy heart : but into thy hand have I delivered the power over the evil inclination, and towards thee fhall be its defire, and thou shalt be a ruler over it, whether unto righteousness or unto fin.

J. If thou doeft well thy works in this world, will it not be pardoned and forgiven thee in the world to come? and if thou doest not well thy works in this world, thy fin is referved unto the day of the great judgment, and lieth at the door of thy heart: but into thy hand have I delivered power over the evil inclination, and thou shalt rule over it, whether unto purification or unto fin.

8.

0. And Kain converfed with Hebel his brother. And it came to pafs, as they were in the field, that Kain rose up against Hebel his brother, and flew him.

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P. J. And Kain faid to Hebel his brother: Come, and let us both go into the field and it came to pass that, when they had both gone into the; field, Kain anfwered and faid to Hebel: I perceive that in mercies the world was created, but it is not governed according to the fruits of good works, and there is respect of perfons in judgment: for what caufe was thy offering accepted, while my offering was not received from me with good will? Hebel anfwered and faid to Kain: In mercies the world was created, and according to the fruits of good works it is governed, and, there is no refpect of persons in judgment: and because the fruits of my works were better than thofe from thine hand, and preferable to thofe of thine hand, my offering was accepted with good-will. Kain answered and faid to Hebel: There is no future judgment, neither is there a judge, neither is there another world, neither will there be given a good reward to the juft, neither will vengeance be taken on the wicked. Hebel anfwered and faid to Kain: There is a judgment, and there is a judge, and there is another world, and there is good reward to be given to the righteous, and vengeance will be taken on the wicked. And on account of these words they ftrove upon the face of the field; and Kain, rofe up against Hebel his brother, and dafhed a stone in his forehead and killed him.

J. And Kain faid unto Hebel his brother: Come, and let us go upon the face of the field: and it came to pass when they had both of them gone forth upon the face of the field, Kain answered and said to Hebel his

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brother:

brother: There is no judgment, neither is there a judge, neither is there another world; and there is no good recompence to be given to the juft, neither is there vengeance to be taken on the wicked: neither was the world created in mercies, neither in mercies is it governed: from what caufe was thy offering accepted from thee with good-will, and from me it was not accepted with good-will? Hebel anfwered and faid to Kain: There is a judgment, and there is a judge, and there is another world, and there is a good recompence to be given to the juft, and vengeance to be taken on the wicked: and in mercies the world was created, and in mercies it is governed. Surely, according to the fruit of good works it is governed: inafmuch as my works were more pleafing than those from thine hand, my offering was accepted from me with good-will, and from thee it was not received with good-will. And as they two were contending on the face of the field, Kain rose up against Hebel his brother, and flew him.

9.

0. And the Lord faid unto Kain: Where is Hebel thy brother? And he faid: I know not: am I my brother's keeper?

P. J. And the Lord faid unto Kain: Where is Hebel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I the keeper of my brother?

10.

0. And he faid: What haft thou done? the voice of the blood of the families, that would have proceeded from thy brother, crieth before me out of the earth.

P. J. And he faid: What haft thou done? the voice of the blood of the murder of thy brother, which is abforbed by the duft, crieth before me out of the earth.

J. The voice of the *blood of the congregations of the juft, who were to have arisen from Hebel thy brother.

11.

0. And now, curfed art thou of the earth, which hath opened her mouth, and hath received the blood* of thy brother from thy hands.

P. J. And now, in return for thy having killed him, curfed art thou of the earth, which hath opened her mouth, and hath received the blood of thy brother from thine hand.

12.

0. When thou fhalt till the earth, it fhall not continue to give its wealth to thee; a wanderer and a vagabond fhalt thou be upon the earth.

P. J. When thou fhalt cultivate the earth, fhe fhall not continue to give unto thee the strength of her fruits: a vagabond and an exile fhalt thou be upon the earth.

13.

0. And Kain said before the Lord: My fin is greater than can be forgiven.

P. J. And Kain faid before the Lord: My rebellion is much heavier than I am able to bear: but there is power with thee to enable me to bear

it.

J. And Kain faid before the Lord: Thefe my fins are more than I

* Bloods.

am

am able to bear, but in thy fight there is power to pardon and to forgive

me.

14.

O. Behold, thou hast cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and it is not poffible for me to hide myself from before thee, and I thall be a wanderer and a vagabond upon the earth, and it fhall come to pass, that whofoever fhall find me will flay me.

P. J. Behold, thou haft driven me forth this day from the face of the earth is it poflible that I can be concealed from thy prefence and if I fhall be a vagabond and an exile upon the earth, every innocent perfon who thall find me will kill me.

15.

0. And the Lord faid unto him: Therefore, whosoever shall slay Kain, vengeance thall be taken upon him, for feven generations: and the Lord fet on Kain a mark, in order that whofoever might find him might not flay him.

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P. J. And the Lord faid unto him: Behold now, whofoever shall kill Kain, vengeance shall be taken on him, for feven generations and the Lord infcribed a letter from the great and glorious name, upon the face of Kain, in order that whofoever might find him, when he perceived it, hould not kill him.

16.

0. And Kain went forth from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt a wanderer and a vagabond in the land which had been made for him, of old time, in the garden of Eden.

P. J. And Kain went forth from the prefence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of the wandering of his exile, which had been cultivated for him, of old time, as the garden of Eden.

J. And Kain went forth from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land a fugitive and a vagabond, towards the Eaft of the garden of Eden. But Jo it was that, before that Kain had flain his brother Hebel, the earth brought forth unto him fruits as the fruits of the garden of Eden : but from the time of his having finned and flain his brother, it* caused to fpring up unto him thorns and thiftles.

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17.

0. And Kain knew his wife and fhe conceived and bare Hanoch: and he was building a city, and he called the name of the city, after the name of his fon, Hanoch.

P. J. And Kain knew his wife: and fhe conceived and bare Hanoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his fon, Hanoch.

18.

0. And there was born unto Hanoch, Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael, and Mehujael begat Methufael, and Methufael begat Lemech.

P. J. And unto Hanoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael, and Mehujael begat Methufael, and Methufael begat Lemech.

19.

0. And Lemech took unto him two wives: the name of one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

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P. J. And

P. J. And Lemech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

20.

O. And Adah bare Jabal: he was the mafter of all who dwell in tents, and keep cattle.

P. J. And Adah bare Jabal: he was the chief among all them who dwell in tents, and poffefs cattle.

21.

O. And the name of his brother was Jubal: he was the mafter of all who prefided over the pfaltery, who knew how to strike the harp and the

organ.

P. J. And the name of his brother was Jubal: he was the chief among all them who are fet over the finging to the harp and the organs.

22.

O. And Zillah, the alfo bare Tubal-Kain, the mafter of all who know the workmanship of brafs and of iron and the fifter of Tubal-Kain was Naemah.

P. J. And Zillah, fhe also bare Tubal-Kain, the master of every workman who is fkilled in the workmanship of brafs and iron: and *the fifter of Tubal-Kain was Naemah, fhe was the miftrefs of lamentations and of fongs.

23.

O. And Lemech faid to his wives Adah and Zillah: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lemech, hearken to my words: I have not flain a man, that on his account 1 fhould bear fin, neither have I hurt a youth, that for his fake my feed fhould be deftroyed.

P.J. And Lemech faid unto his wives Adah and Zillah: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lemech, hearken to my words: for I have not killed that we should be killed in his ftead, neither have I deftroyed a youth, that on his account my feed fhould perifh.

a man,

24.

0. If vengeance for feven generations be fufpended for Kain, shall it not be for Lemech his fon, for feventy and seven?

P. J. If for Kain, who finned and returned in repentance, punishment is fufpended for feven generations, for Lemech his fon's fon, who hath not finned, it is just that it should be fufpended unto him for seventyfeven generations?

25.

0. And Adam again knew his wife, and the bare a fon, and fhe called his name Sheth for fhe faid: The Lord hath given me another fon in the place of Hebel whom Kain flew.

P. J. And Adam again knew his wife, at the end of an hundred and thirty years after Hebel had been flain and the bare a fon, and the called his name Sheth for the faid: The Lord hath given to me another fon in the place of Hebel whom Kain flew.

26.

0. And unto Sheth, unto him alfo was born a fon, and he called his name Enofh: then in his days the fons of men defifted from praying in the name of the Lord.

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P. J. And

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P. J. And unto Sheth alfo was born a fon, and he called his name Enofh that was the generation in whofe days they began to go aftray, and made to themselves idols, and gave names to their idols after the name of the Lord.

QUERIES ADDRESSED TO THE CLERGY.

TO THE EDITORS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCHMAN'S MAGAZINE. GENTLEMEN,

WILL you be fo good as infert the following Queries, &c. in your valuable Mifcellany? I only offer a few obfervations now upon them, and hope that you or fome of your correfpondents, who have better abilities and more leifure than I have, will favour the public with fentiments upon each of them, in the Orthodox Churchman's Magazine.

QUERIES.

A. V. C.

1. IS it not defirable that neighbouring Clergymen would frequently confer, respecting the best mode of promoting Religion in their respective parishes ?

2. Would it not tend to the advancement of Religion, if Clergymen, each in his parish, would eftablish Book Societies, for books only upon religious and moral subjects, among the middle and lower claffes of people?

3. Is it not poffible to devife a better plan, for Friendly Societies, than that which is generally adopted?

1. With refpect to the first Query, I think that the inferior Clergy, in general, are not fo fociable among themselves,-in other words, they do not so often vifit each other, nor act fo unanimously, fo much in concert, as the Diffenting Minifters, of every denomination.-A poor Curate may refide in a parish for several years, and not be acquainted with the Clergymen in the adjoining parishes.—A few years ago I mentioned to a brother Clergyman that, it was defirble that the Clergymen in the neighbourhood fhould establish a Book Society, for books only upon theological fubjects, and thould meet together once every month in each other's parith alternately. He approved of it, and faid that he would endeavour to carry fuch a plan into execution. But it has not yet been done.

2. My reafons for wifhing that Book Societies, under the direction of the Clergy, were established, are, in the first place, because such focieties are already among Diffenters, who are very affiduous in circulating publications which are favourable to their opinions and fecondly, because the lower ranks of people (in parishes where Sunday Schools are established) are now able to read; and it is certainly better, that good books fhould be put into their hands, than that they should run the risk of procuring only fuch peftilential writings as are too frequently to be seen, in the houses of the poor.--It may not be improper for me to mention, that I and a few others, who generally attend with me at the Sunday Evening School, have, for a confiderable time, taken in the Orthodox Churchman's Magazine, &c. and as feveral more wifh to join us, we have agreed to extend our plan, and take in fome other publications.-I recommend to young men who have been in the Sunday Schools, and others

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