ollow 172.

i. The time this inquiry occurred 173.

* God indeed has regard for the sufferings and tears of his
children 174.

* How sinners can meet the judgments of God 174.

4. The miserable life Cain must have led after his punishment
175.

B. CAIN'S PUNISHMENT IN DETAIL.

1. The Church suffered.

a. How Cain's punishment and curse differed from Adam's
176-178.

b. Why Cain's person was cursed 178-179.

* The more Cain desired honor, the less he received 180.

* The beginning of both churches, the true and the false
181.

* Cain's whole posterity perished in sin 181.

c. How his curse and punishment were lightened 182.

* Whether any of Cain's posterity were saved, and holy 182.

* The way the heathen had part in the promise 182-185.

* The way Cain withheld his children from the true Church
185.

2. The Home suffered.

a. How this curse affected the earth 186-187.

b. Why Adam used such severe words in this curse 186.

c. How it caused the earth to be less fruitful 187.

* The difference between "Arez" and "Adama" 188.

3. The State suffered.

* What "No" and "Nod" mean, and how they differ 189-190.

* Cain's sin punished in three ways and in each the sin was
mitigated 191-193.

* Cain a fugitive and a wanderer.

a. This refers chiefly to the true Church, as is illustrated
by many examples of the saints 194-195.

b. It refers less to the false 194-195.

c. Many take offense at this 196.

V. HOW CAIN WAS PUNISHED FOR HIS MURDER.

A. Cain's Punishment in General.

153. If Eve overheard these words, what think you must have been the
state of her mind! Her grief must have been beyond all description.
But the calamity was brought home to Adam with even greater force. As
he was the father, it fell to him to rebuke his son and to
excommunicate him for his sin. Since, according to the ninth chapter,
the law concerning the death-penalty for murderers was not promulgated
until afterward when the patriarchs beheld murder becoming alarmingly
frequent, Adam did not put Cain to death, but safeguarded his life in
obedience to the prompting and direction of the Holy Spirit; still, it
is a f