Cainites. Also, why God did not
mention that some of them would be saved 293.

d. How Eve manifested special faith and obedience in Seth's
birth 294-295.

* Why the Romish church never canonized Eve 296.

* The idle fables of the Jews about Lamech and his wives, and
about Adam's abstinence and Cain's increase, are to be
rejected 297.

e. A new generation springs from Seth, in which the promise
shall be fulfilled 298.

2. Of Enoch.

a. What his name means, and why it was given to him 299.

* The names of the holy patriarchs originated not by chance
299.

b. How true worship began under Enoch 300-302.

* Of true worship.

(1) In what it consists 301.

(2) Why it was not in use before 302.

* The meaning of "the name of Jehovah" or the proclaiming
of the name of Jehovah 303.

(3) The right course to take in the doctrine concerning
divine worship 304.

* God always ministered comfort to his Church under the
cross 305.

(4) What is the true worship according to the first table of
the law 306-307.

(5) How true worship according to the second table follows
from the first 308.

(6) People are to be instructed first and chiefly in the
worship of the first table 309.

(7) Whether visible signs were present in these days in their
worship, and to what end they were necessary 310-311.

(8) The worship of which Moses speaks is to be understood not
of the Cainites but of Seth's posterity 312.

* A summary review of the contents of the fourth chapter of Genesis
313.

* Why the fifth chapter was written 314.

* Why the Jews cannot see the unity in the first five chapters of the
Bible 315.

C. THE POSTERITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS IN DETAIL.

V. 25. _And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called
his name Seth: For, said she, God hath appointed me another seed
instead of Abel; for Cain slew him._

289. Hitherto Moses has spoken of the generation of the wicked only,
the whole of which he buries as it were with the above brief catalog.
The historian now turns to the description of the godly and of the
true Church. And first of all, we are to observe the manner of
expression Moses uses in r