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I. THAT THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE DIVINE JUDGMENTS IS IMPORTANT, AND SHOULD BE CAREFULLY NOTED AND REMEMBERED.

1. The chronology of Divine retribution is important as a record of history.

2. The chronology of Divine retribution is important as related to the moral life and destinies of men.

3. The chronology of Divine retribution is important, as the incidental parts of Scripture bear a relation to those of greater magnitude.

II. THAT GOD HATH COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ALL THE AGENCIES OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE, AND CAN READILY MAKE THEM SUBSERVE THE PURPOSE OF HIS WILL. "The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up."

1. The Divine Being can control the latent forces and the unknown possibilities of the universe.

2. The Divine Being can control all the recognized and welcome agencies of the material universe, so that they shall be destructive rather than beneficial.

3. That the agencies of the material universe frequently cooperate with the providence of God.

III. THAT THE RETRIBUTIVE JUDGMENTS OF GOD ARE A SIGNAL FOR THE GOOD TO ENTER UPON THE SAFETY PROVIDED FOR THEM. "In the self-same day entered Noah," etc.

IV. THAT THE DIVINE JUDGMENTS, THE AGENCIES OF RETRIBUTION, WHICH ARE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE WICKED, ARE SOMETIMES EFFECTIVE TO THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE GOOD.

V. THAT IN THE RETRIBUTIVE JUDGMENTS OF GOD WICKED MEN ARE PLACED WITHOUT ANY MEANS OF REFUGE OR HOPE.

VI. THAT THE MEASURE AND LIMITS OF THE RETRIBUTIVE JUDGMENTS OF GOD ARE DIVINELY DETERMINED (vers. 20, 24).

LESSONS:

1. That the judgments of heaven are long predicted.

2. That they are commonly rejected.

3. That they are woefully certain.

4. That they are terribly severe.

5. They show the folly of sin.

(J. S. Exell, M. A.)

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KJV: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

WEB: In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.