But Cain and his descendants did not respect the day upon which God had rested. The Sabbath was honoured byĪll the children of Adam that remained loyal to God. They had tasted the bitter fruits of disobedience, and had learned what every one that tramples upon God's commandments will sooner or later learn-that the divine precepts are sacred and immutable, and that the penalty of transgression will surely be inflicted. There was an open profession of loyalty to God on the part of one, as there was of contempt and disobedience on the part of the other.īefore the Fall our first parents had kept the Sabbath, which was instituted in Eden and after their expulsion from Paradise they continued its observance. "To Seth, to him also there was born a son and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah." The faithful had worshiped God before but as men increased, the distinction between the two classes became more marked. By divine grace he served and honoured God and he laboured, as Abel would have done, had he lived, to turn the minds of sinful men to revere and obey their Creator. But he received also the knowledge of the Redeemer and instruction in righteousness. Concerning the creation of Adam it is said, "In the likeness of God made He him " but man, after the Fall, "begat a son in his own likeness, after his image." While Adam was created sinless, in the likeness of God, Seth, like Cain, inherited the fallen nature of his parents. Yet he inherited no more natural goodness than did Cain. He was a worthy character, following in the steps of Abel. The name Seth, given to this son, signified "appointed," or "compensation " "for," said the mother, "God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew." Seth was of more noble stature than Cain or Abel, and resembled Adam more closely than did his other sons.
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