2. The Offering of Cain and Abel. They present a lamb and sheaf of corn to a seated figure of the Almighty. 3. Noah in the Ark, represented as a box--a dove, bearing an olive-branch, flies towards him. Interpreted to express the doctrine that "the faithful having obtained remission of their sins through baptism, have received from the Holy Spirit the gift of divine peace, and are saved in the mystical ark of the church from the destruction which awaits the world."[214] (Acts ii. 47.) 4. Sacrifice of Isaac. 5. Passage of the Red Sea. 6. Moses receiving the Law. 7. Moses striking water from the rock--(very common). 8. Moses pointing to the pots of manna. 9. Elijah going up to heaven in the chariot of fire. 10. The Three Children in the fiery furnace;--very common as symbolical of martyrdom. 11. Daniel in the lions' den;--generally a naked figure with hands extended, and a lion on either side; most common--as an encouragement to Christian sufferers. 12. Jonah swallowed up by the whale, represented as a strange kind of sea-horse. 13. Jonah disgorged by the whale. 14. Jonah under the gourd; or, according to the Vulgate, under the ivy. 15. Jonah lamenting for the death of the gourd. These four subjects from the story of Jonah are constantly repeated, perhaps as encouragement to the Christians suffering from the wickedness of Rome--the modern Nineveh, which they were to warn and pray for. Subjects from the _New Testament_ are: 1. The Nativity--the ox and the ass kneeling. 2. The Adoration of the Magi--repeatedly placed in juxtaposition with the story of the Three Children. 3. Our Saviour turning water into wine. 4. Our Saviour conversing with the woman of Samaria. 5. Our Saviour healing the paralytic man--who takes up his bed. This is very common. 6. Our Saviour healing the woman with the issue of blood. 7. Our Saviour multiplying the loaves and fishes. 8. Our Saviour healing the daughter of the woman of Canaan. 9. Our Saviour healing the blind man. 10. The raising of Lazarus, who appears at a door in his grave-clothes, while Christ with a wand stands before it. This is the New Testament subject oftenest introduced. It is constantly placed in juxtaposition with a picture of Moses striking the rock. "These two subjects may be intended to represent the beginning and end of the Christian course, 'the fountain of water springing up to life everlasting.' God's grace and the gift of faith being typified by the water flowing from the rock, 'which was Christ,' and life everlasting by the victory over death and the second life vouchsafed to Lazarus."[215] 11. Our Saviour's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. 12. Our Saviour giving the keys to Peter--very rare.