 | David Morison (F.S.A.Scot.) - 1838 - 416 pages
...more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, (justified ?) God testifying of his gifts, and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh.' And if we ask what taught Abel to do this ? the answer will be found in that figurative preaching of... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 210 pages
..." By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts...and by it he being dead yet speaketh." (Heb. xi. 4.) " The Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:" and it is not improbable that this testimony... | |
 | Richard Treffry - 1839 - 276 pages
..." By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts...and by it he being dead yet speaketh." Heb. xi. 4. Upon the first glance at this passage, it is easy to perceive that in the sacrifice of Abel, its principle,... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1839 - 178 pages
..." By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts ; and by it he being dead yet speaketh." Abel possessed the peculiar and essential character of pious persons, without which no one can be approved... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1839 - 558 pages
...By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which' he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts ; and by it, he being dead, yet speaketh. — But without faith it is impossible to please him : for he that Cometh to God must believe that... | |
 | 1839 - 608 pages
...typical of the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world : " by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts : and by it he being dead yet speaketh :" or, the faith of Abel, under the influence of which he offered an annual sacrifice, in typical reference... | |
 | Asher Moore - 1840 - 230 pages
...By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness, that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts ; and by it he being dead, yet speaketh." Cain, then, it seems, trusted in the outward sign or emblem for the Divine approbation, as too many... | |
 | Ebenezer Burgess, First Church (Dedham, Mass.) - 1840 - 550 pages
..." By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts : and by it he being dead, yet speaketh." The history of Abel's holy life and tragical death, we have in the fourth chapter of the book of Genesis.... | |
 | 1840 - 694 pages
...find that "by faith Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts and, by it he, being dead, yet speaketh." If there is a propitiatory sacrifice in the Church, Abel speaks plainly to all, " to go and do likewise... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 962 pages
...sacrifice than Cain, ™me- May the Lamb of God Aimby which he obtained witness "*/ be °"r ^nhce ! that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts : and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5By s He pleased God, for he walked faith Enoch was translated *>th God ! that he should not see death... | |
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