396 A SHORT VIEW OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY. CHAP. II. Of Noah, Abraham, and their Families after the Flood. SECT..I. Of Noah and Isis Sons. I. QUESTION. WHO was Noah ? A. 'l'he righteous man who was saved when the world was drowned by a flood ; Gen. vii. 23. 2. Q. How did God drown the world ? A. When man- kind had provokedhim by their sins, which were exceeding great ; Gen: vi. 5, 6, 7, he broke up the fountains of the great deep under ground, and caused it to rain forty days and forty nights'; Gen. vii. 4, 11. 3. Q. Howwas Noah saved ? A. In an ark, or great ship or vessel, which God taught him to build ; Gen. vi. 9, 14, &c. Note, Noah had warning of this judgment of God one hundred and twenty years before it came to pass. ; Gen. vi. 3. And as he was a preacher of righteousness ;' 2 Pet. ii. 5. so we justly suppose he gave continual warning to a sinful world, while the 'ark was building 1 Pet. iii. 19, 20. Heb. xi. 7. 4. Q. Whowas saved with him ? A. All his family, and some living creatures of every kind, viz. two of every unclean beast and bird, which were neither fit for food or sacrifice, and seven of every clean creature which were fit for one or both uses ; Gen. vii. 2, 3, 13, 14. 5. Q. How long did Noah tarry in the ark ? A. At nine months end he sent forth a dove, which brought in an olive- branch, to shew him that the waters were abated : And at the end of twelve months and ten days he name forth, and the crea- tures which were with him ; Gen. vii. 11. and viii. 5-13. 6. Q. What commands did God give Noah ? A. The offer- ing of sacrifices was continued ; Gen. viii. 20, 21. Flesh was given to man for food, as herbs were before; Gen. ix. 2, 3. Blood was forbidden to be eaten, the blood of man was expressly forbid to be shed, and murder was to be punished with death ; Gen. ix. 4, 5, 6. Note, The religion of Noah was the same with that of Adam after the fall, in Chapter I. Question 30. with these few additions here mentioned. And this was the Noachial dispensa- tion of the covenant of grace, whereby all men fromNoah to Abraham were to seek salvation, and whereby all besides the family ofAbraham were to be saved, even all the heathen world, till they hear of Christ. 7. Q: What promise did God make to Noah ? A. That the world should never be . drowned again, and it pleased God to appoint the rainbow to be a token of it Gen. ix. 13-15. 8. Q. Was there no rainbow before the flood ? A. It is probable that there was no rain before the flood, for the earth was watered daily by a thick mist; Gen. ii. 5, 6, and then there
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