 | Robert Stevens - 1813 - 668 pages
...piety and virtue, " he was not, for God took him ;" that is, as St. Paul has explained it, * ** he was translated that he should not see death, and was not...translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." The Author of The Wisdom of Solomon thus speaks of Enoch ; f " He pleased God, and was beloved of him... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...Abel, and to his offering. With Heb. xi. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was...his gifts ; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. iu Job ix. 20. If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me ; if I say, I am perfect, it shall... | |
 | 1851 - 772 pages
...as far as we know, was righteous Abel. " By faith Abel offered unto Ood a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness, that he was...his gifts, and by it he being dead yet speaketh." This blessed man was slain by his own brother — "and wherefore slew he him? Because his own works... | |
 | Robert Stevens - 1814 - 454 pages
...for God took him ;" that is, as St. Paul has explained it, * " he was translated that he should not1 see death, and was not found, because God had translated...translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." The Author of The Wisdom of Solomon thus speaks of Enoch ; -f- " He pleased God, and was beloved of... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...speaketh. 5. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God translated him; for before his translation he had...impossible to please him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he rewards them that diligently seek him. 7. By faith Noah, being... | |
 | James M'Chord - 1822 - 402 pages
...the apostle Paul has testified, when summing up the worthies who had departed in the faith of Christ. "By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not...translation he had this testimony that he pleased God," Heb. xi. 5. The pre-eminent piety of Enoch speaks much more strongly in his favor, when we consider... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1822 - 326 pages
...testify ing of his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated, that.he should not see death ; and was not found, because...translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him ; for he that cometh to God, must believe that he... | |
 | 1822 - 554 pages
...lowered on the unbelief of his brother : " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain ; by which he obtained witness that he was...his gifts : and by it he being dead, yet speaketh." Hub. xi. 4. Why did the Jews in their prayers, from every part of the land, and every country in which... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1822 - 472 pages
...Sacrifices considered. PART III. HEB.XI. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was...testifying of his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet fpeaketh p. 226 LECTURE XIII. Noah's Curse upon Canaan. GEN. IX. 22, 24, 25. Ham, the father of Canaan,... | |
 | Whitlock Nicol - 1823 - 356 pages
...walked with GOD, and he was not, for GOD took him d." The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews says, " By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see...translation, he had this testimony, that he pleased GOD e." b Gen. v. d Gen. v. 24. e Gen. v. 29. « Hebr. xi. 5. Jude says, that this same Enoch (the seventh... | |
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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. 
