[Headnotes: THE PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST. THOSE INVITED TO THE FEAST REFUSE TO COME. THE HALT AND THE BLIND ARE INVITED. THE MAN WITHOUT A WEDDING GARMENT. GOD IS DISPLEASED WITH THE WICKED. THE FALL OF THE ANGELS. THE WICKEDNESS OF THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD. GOD DETERMINES TO DESTROY ALL FLESH. NOAH IS COMMANDED TO BUILD AN ARK. THE RAIN DESCENDS. ALL ROT IN THE MUD. THE ARK RESTS ON MOUNT ARARAT. NOAH SENDS FORTH A DOVE. NOAH LEAVES THE ARK. THE BEASTS ARE DISPERSED. GOD’S HATRED OF WICKEDNESS. ABRAHAM RECEIVES THREE GUESTS, AND ENTERTAINS THEM. GOD DISCLOSES HIS PURPOSE TO ABRAHAM. THE FILTHINESS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH. ABRAHAM PLEADS FOR THE CITIES. MESSENGERS ARE SENT TO LOT. LOT ENTERTAINS THE MESSENGERS. LOT’S HOUSE IS BESET. THE MEN OF SODOM SMITTEN WITH BLINDNESS. LOT IS SENT OUT OF THE CITY. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES. LOT’S WIFE BECOMES A STIFF STONE. THE DEAD SEA COVERS THE FIVE CITIES. IT IS A TOKEN OF WICKEDNESS AND VENGEANCE. CHRIST WAS EVER PURE. PENANCE MAKES MAN PURE AS A PEARL. GOD PUNISHES IMPURITY. NEBUCHADNEZZAR BESIEGES JERUSALEM. THE KING OF JUDAH IS MADE PRISONER. NEBUZARDAN PILLAGES THE TEMPLE. NEBUCHADNEZZAR IS PLEASED WITH THE SPOIL. HE PRIZES GREATLY THE SACRED JEWELRY. BELSHAZZAR PROCLAIMS A FEAST, TO WHICH KINGS AND EMPERORS ARE INVITED. BELSHAZZAR BRINGS OUT THE SACRED VESSELS TO DECK THE FESTIVE HALL. THE SACRED VESSELS ARE DEFILED. THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL. THE KING CONSULTS HIS DIVINERS. DANIEL IS SENT FOR. DANIEL DESCRIBES HOW NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS PUNISHED FOR HIS PRIDE. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE HANDWRITING. DARIUS LAYS SIEGE TO BABYLON. BELSHAZZAR IS BEATEN TO DEATH.] I.