THE HISTORICAL CATECHISM. 287 Noah the righteous man was saved with all his family, and a few living creatures of every kind; Gen. vi. 9, 18, 19, and vii. 1. 11. Q. How was Noah saved ? A. In an ark or great vessel of wood which God taught him to build ; Gen. vi. 14. and vii. 7. 12. Q. 'Who were the sons of Noah ? A. Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and by them the world was peopled after the flood; Gen. x. 1, 31. 13. Q. What crime was Ham guilty of? A. He made sport with his father, and he was cursed ; Gen. ix. 21, 21, 25. 14. Q. What diet Shem and Japheth do ? A. They con- cealed their father's shame, and they were blessed ; Verses 23, 26, 27. 15. Q. Who was God's special favourite in the family of Shem ? A. Abraham, who was called the father of believers and the friend of God ; Rom. iv. 11. 2 Chron. xx. 7. 16. Q. Why was he called the fattier, that is, the pattern of believers ? A. Because, he believed some strange promises of God, contrary to the present appearances of things ; Rom. iv. 11, 18. 17.. Q. What were those promises ? A. 1. That he should have a son when he was anhundred years old. 2. That his children should possess the land of Canaan wherein he had not a foot of ground. And; 3. That all nations-should be blessed by his offspring, thatis Christ; Gen. xvii. 8, 16, 17. and xii. 3. and xxii. 18. Acts vii. 5. 18. Q. Why was Abraham called the friend of God ? A. Because God macle many visits to him, and he was very obedi- ent to God ; Gen. xii. 7. and xv. 1. and xvii. 1. and xviii. 1. James ii. 21-23. John xv. 14. 19. Q. What was the first great instance of Abraham's obedience ? A. He left his own country at God's command, not knowing whither he was to go; Gen. xii. 1 -4. Heb.'xi. 8. 20. Q. What was another great instance of Abraham's obedience? A. He was ready to offer up in sacrifice his beloved son Isaac at the command of God ; Gen. xxxii. 12. 21. Q. Was Isaac a good man ? A. Yes he feared the God of his father Abraham, and he went out to pray or meditate in the fields; Gen. xxiv. 63. and xxvi. 2, 24, 25. 22. Q. Who were Isaac's two sons ? A. Esau the eldest and Jacob the youngest ? Gen. xxv. 25, 26. 23. Q. What is remarkable concerning Esau ? A. He despised the privilege of being the first born, and sold it to Ja. cob for a mess of pottage; Gen. xxv. 31, 33, 34. 24. Q. What is written concerningJacob ? A. He obtain- ed his father's blessing by deceit, as wèll as his brother's birth- right by craft; Gen. xxvii. 36. 25. Q. Why was his naine called Israel ? A. Because he
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