The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art: with that of His types; St. John the Baptist; and other persons of the Old and New Testament (1864)
122 HISTORY OF OUR LORD. name signifies the Resurrection. He was a godly man ; his progeny being called the sons of Grod, in opposition to those of Cain, who were called the daughters of men. Seth retired with his family to a very high mountain, where Adam was buried. Tradition continues the… … 48 Adam and Eve lamenting over dead Body of Abel. (Mr. Boxall's Speculum). Noah, it is said, took his bones into the Ark,1 and when he first descended again upon the earth, he offered up a prayer that God would not again send the curse of waters ; for the sake of the bones — others say the sorrows…
Jesus Christ · Christian art and symbolism
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