Part 9 (1/2)

c. Who were his wives 265.

d. His sons, Jabal, Jubal, Tubal-cain, and his daughter Naamah 266-268.

* Why Moses mentions the various arts of Cain's descendants 269.

* Whether poverty drove Cain's descendants to the arts 269-270.

* As the false church was before the flood so is she still, and will remain so to the end of the world 271.

* How the Cainites increased and oppressed the true Church 272.

* Why the Scriptures do not mention that some of the Cainites were saved 272.

e. Of his haughty speech, ”I have slain a man etc.”

(1) This is difficult to understand, and has been poorly treated by interpreters 273.

(2) The fable explanation of these words by the Jews refuted 274-275.

(3) How others explained them 275.

(4) Luther's understanding of them 276-277.

f. Whether Lamech slew Cain, and thereby made himself famous 278.

g. How he attempted to be ruler upon Adam's death 279.

* How the Church is oppressed from both sides 279.

* Why Moses mentions the blood descendants of Cain with such care 280.

h. Cain is not sorry for his deed, but even boasts of it 281.

* The nature of the Cain church 281.

i. How he seeks to avoid being slain by others 282.

* The pope has the conscience of Cain and Lamech 282.

j. He is a type of all the children of this world 283.

* How the devil drives the Cainites to rage against the Church under the guise of being holy 284.

* The true Church from the very beginning had to shed her blood 285.

* The tyranny of Popes Julius II and Clement VII 285.

* G.o.d at all times severely punished the persecutors of his Church 286.

k. How Lamech still wished to defend his deed 287.

l. He had no Word of G.o.d, but was filled with pride 288.