cially under consideration, are a genuine historical document and must come under my definition of Inspiration. This I do by an appeal (1) to the use made of them by our Lord and His Apostles, (2) to the matters which they contain, and (3) to the early place they occupy in the Sacred Volume. 1. The following series of verses chosen from these chapters, with corresponding texts from the New Testament placed after them, shows how repeatedly this portion of Scripture is either quoted or referred to by our Lord and His Apostles : Gen. I. 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Heb. i. 10 (quoting Ps.cii.).— Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thine hands. Heb. xi. 3.-Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 2 Cor. iv. 6.—God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness. 9. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 2 Pet. iii. 5.-By the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water. 26. And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Heb. ii. 7, 8 (quoting Ps. viii. 6).— Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. 27. So God created man in Rev. xiv. 7.-Worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. his own image, in the image of 2. And on the seventh day God created he him: male and female created he them. 1 Cor. xi. 7.-For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God. James, iii. 9.- .. men, which are made after the similitude of God. Matt. xix. 4.-Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female? God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Heb. iv. 4.-For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day in this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 3. And God blessed the seventh II. 1. Thus the heavens day, and sanctified it: because and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. Acts, iv. 24.-Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is. Acts, xiv. 15.- ... the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein. Acts, xvii. 24.-God that made the world and all things therein. Eph. iii. 9.- . . . God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. Col. i. 16.-For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him and for him. Heb. i. 2.-. . . by whom also he made the worlds. Heb. iii. 4.-He that built all things is God. Rev. iv. 11.— . for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Rev. x. 6.-And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein. that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Mark, ii. 27.-The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. 7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Luke, iii. 38.-Adam, which was the son of God. 1 Cor. xv. 45.-And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul. 1 Cor. xv. 47.-The first man is of the earth, earthy. 9. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Rev. ii. 7.-To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. 18. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make an help meet for him. 1 Cor. xi. 9.-Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. 1 Tim. ii. 13.-For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 23. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 1 Cor. xi. 8.-For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. man 24. Therefore shall a leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Matt. xix. 4, 5.-And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh ?-See also Mark, x. 6-8. Rom. vii. 2.-The woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth. 1 Cor. vi. 16.- . . . . for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. Eph. v. 30, 31.-For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. III. 4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5. For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. John, viii. 44.-Ye are of your father the devil. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. 2 Cor. xi. 3.-But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 1 John, iii. 8.-He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. Rev. xii. 9.-And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world.- See also xx. 2. 6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 1 Tim. ii. 14.-And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Rom. xvi. 20.-And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. 16. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. the head of the 1 Cor. xi. 3.woman is the man. 1 Cor. xiv. 34.they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. 17. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened IV. 4. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering. 5. But unto Cain and to his unto the voice of thy wife, and offering he had not respect. 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 shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. 18. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field: 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Heb. xi. 4.-By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. 8. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Matt. xxiii. 35.all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel. -See also Luke xi. 51. ... 1 John, iii. 12.-Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. Jude, 11.-They have gone in the way of Cain. |