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THE DELUGE. 13
6. J31i.t men heeded not the warning. They ate, drank, nncl
were mnrricd just as befbre, without a thougllk of the terrible
punishment that was to comc upon them. Then the Lord
said t.o Nne : " Go 411, thou and all thy housc, into the ark;
and after ficvcn dnys I will causo rain to fall upon the earth
for forty dnys and forty uights, and I will tlastt.oy every sub-
stance that T have macle, from the face of thc earth.')
7. Noe cntcred into the ark, with all his fhmily, taking
with him all that tlie Lord had commanded him; and the
Lord shut hi111 in on the outside. And, when the seven days
were passed, the fountuins of the great deep IVCYC broken up,
xncl the flood-gates of heaven mcrc opened, and the rain fell
upon the cart11 for forty days and forty nights. The waters
continued to increase till they rosc fifteen cubits above the
highest mountains. Thus every living being was destroyecl,
that movecl upon the earth, both of fowl, of cattle, of bcnsts
ancl all mon. Noe only rcmdned, and they that mere with
hi111 in thc nrlr.
8. The nrk is a figure of the Church ; for, ns no one escaped
.the watcrs of the deluge,' except those who wcrc in the ark,
so no one shnll escape Ule deluge of fire on thc last day, srivc
those who arc in the Catholic Church, the truc ark of salvn-
tion.
QUESTIONS.
1. How long did Adam live? Mathnsala? What were the desccndanls
of Seth callcd? Whnt bccnmc of Henuch? 2. Did the
c~lrildren of God al\vaya rcmsi~l good P TVl~at did Gorl then Ray ?
JVere the \ric.Be(l men converted? Seeing that thcy mere not converted,
\~-l~at did God say 7 5. Wns thcrc no just lr~riti on the cnrtii?
\\-hat clid the Lord tell Ene to do? 4. Il'hat dicl the Lortl establish
wit11 Soe? IVl~ho~n ancl ~vhat clid Tle tell him to tali~ into the nrlt?
5. Hon- long IVRS IVoc builrling the ark? Did Noo warn the people of
the tlrreatenc1tl danger? 0, nit1 they heed tbc ~~~nniing? TT'hnt did
Cod then sny to Soe? 7. What happcnccl after Noc and his family
entered inlo the arli? S. Of what i~ the ark a figure?
~DEL'UGP, a great flood, or ovcrflowing of the eerth by water.