INTRODUCTION.



THE



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DELUGE.



  Amid this general perversion of the human heart, when
mankind were running headlong into all manner of vice,
Noah, the son of Lamech, was born. Of all the numee
rous population, by which the earth was inhabited at this
time, Noah alone was found perfect in the sight of God,
he, therefore, found grace before the Almiahty, who de-
clared to him his determination of bringing a deluge of
water upon the earth, to destroy all who dwelt thereon.
Lamenting this sad state of society, and knowing the
impending iudvrment with which God had threatened to



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man.
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of the ark, é
guilty people
and independ
sin, and often
vain attempt



that period which expired in the building
Voah never ceased to warn and remind a
of the approaching desolation. Carelessly
ently they proceeded in the commission of
amused themselves with Noah's folly in his
to construct the means of preserving the



human race from general ruin. Although God
ted 120 years for men to repent and escape, ]
in vain! The heart of man, depraved and rui
fall, was deaf to the awful warning, and the
treated with derision. The vengeance of h
not, however, to be much longer restrained.
fabric of Salvation was at last finished. r
period was at band; yet Noah and his family'



to be saved.
catastrophe
notice here.



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