134 ^-^^ Arabian Horse 



Noah found grace in the sight of God, and was saved 

 with his house to perpetuate the race of man. He was 

 not only a just man, but was found ' perfect in his 

 generations ' (Genesis, chap. vi. verse 9). This I read 

 simply as it is put, not as it is very generally supposed 

 to mean, that Noah was a godly and an upright man. 

 It is written before that he Avas a just man. I think 

 it implies that Noah and all his ancestry had kept 

 themselves perfect, had not formed alliances with ' the 

 daughters of men,' nor taken ' them wives of all which 

 they chose,' but his generations were to be found 

 entirely in Seth. The whole of Noah's house was 

 saved, which consisted of eight souls, for it is not re- 

 corded that he had sons and daughters besides Shem, 

 Ham, and Japhet, which is mentioned in the case of 

 former patriarchs. The race of man was to be carried 

 on after the Deluge by a family which had no an- 

 cestral imperfections beyond that inherited from Adam. 

 Surely it may be believed that the animals which the 

 Almighty caused to come unto Noah, ' to keep them 

 alive' for the purpose of replenishing the earth, were 

 also perfect in their generations, and for like reasons. 



The horse being created good, the most perfect speci- 

 mens being preserved at the general destruction by the 

 Deluge, it is not inconsistent to suppose the same care 

 might further provide that some portion of the race 

 should be kept perfect and from the things tending to 

 degeneracy. Now, four thousand years after the Flood, 

 we find the horse in Central Asia in a degenerate form ; 

 in Arabia in primeval beauty. 



