* 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. * God 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 God, but was filled with pride 288. B. THE POSTERITY OF CAIN IN DETAIL. 255. As regards the names of Cain's offspring, I believe that, in common with those of the holy patriarchs, they indicate not an absence of purpose or a random selection, but a definite purpose and a prophecy. Thus "Adam" signifies a man of, or taken out of, the red earth. "Eve" signifies the mother of life, or of the living. "Cain" signifies possession. "Abel" signifies vanity. And we find that also among the Gentiles many names have such a significance; not seldom names are found which are truly prophetic. "Enoch" is a prophetic name, expressive of hope in the future as a relief to Cain's mind, or rather to his wife's, for it was the latter who called the son she bore Enoch, from the Hebrew _Hanach_, which signifies, "she dedicated," or "she devoted."