 | Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 pages
...would be entirely to suppress the fact. Enough is told to justify the observation of the Apostle, " By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not...translation he had this testimony, that he " pleased God." § And the inference of the author of Ecclesiasticus, Enoch pleased the Lord and was translated, being... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1829 - 488 pages
...5: 24 compared with Heb. 11:5. And Enoch walked with God, and he was not : for God took him. — Ry faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see....translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. If there had been no belief in a future state of rewards for the righteous, how could Enoch's removal... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...which tion: fimof the do appear. By faith Abel offered unto God a more ex- 4 '"**' cellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was...of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not 5 see death ; and was not found, because God had... | |
 | Christopher Ralph Muston - 1830 - 458 pages
...of which declaration is explained in the comment upon it, contained in the epistle to the Hebrews. " By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see...translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God."f The interchange of the same delightful and hallowed fellowship was carried on between Jehovah... | |
 | Eliza Cheap - 1830 - 294 pages
...Lord having respect to their offering. " 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." Heb. xi. 4. O unhappy brother ! to be divided in spirit, and not able to walk with a believer in peace.... | |
 | Alexander Nicoll - 1830 - 408 pages
...allusion is made to a preceding verse, " by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was...of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh 0 ;" where the apostle is evidently speaking of the sacrifice of Abel, not of his own blood shed. The... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 590 pages
...yours against God's servants is the same ? By faith Abel offered to 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 ; Heb. xi.4. Cain hated him because God more accepted him and his offering. " In this the children... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1831 - 510 pages
...cloud of witnesses, connecteth the reward with Enoch's translation in these words (Heb. xi. 5, 6) : " By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see...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 is,... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight." Is a removal to heaven desirable ? " By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see...translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." He went indeed in a chariot of fire ; but an apoglexy, an accident, a dropsy, a fever, will not be... | |
 | Jews - 1832 - 592 pages
...once stated the principle by which he was animated, and the glory with which he was crowned. — " By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see...translation, he had this testimony, that he pleased God." Heb. xi. S. Neither upon the dreams of visionaries, nor the fables of impostors, nor the scoffs of... | |
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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. 
