| 1830 - 136 pages
...access to God but by sacrifice. We read that " 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." " Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And... | |
| John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 pages
...he tells us in the Epistle to the Hebrews, By faith Mel offered unto GOD a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, GOD tesifying of his gifts. This it was, my brethren, that made the difference between his sacrifice and... | |
| 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 righteous, God testifying of his gifts ; and by it, he being dead, yet speaketh." Heb. xi. 4. O unhappy brother !... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 606 pages
...forgiven, the duty is accepted and well-pleasing to God. " By faith Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. By faith Enoch had this testimony that he pleased God c. The " sacrifice of... | |
| Richard Watson - 1831 - 458 pages
...excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained WITISE^S, that he was ищи rKOiîs, Gnu testifying J. Emory and E. Waugh, for the Methodist Episcopal church meaning of the apostle, when he says that it was witnessed or testified to Abel that he was righteous?... | |
| 1849 - 1188 pages
...and fruits of the grace of faith, is that of Abel. By his faith he offered a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. There was an essential defect in Cain's offering. It was not a sacrifice.... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...and accept thy burnt sacrifice Ps. xx. 3. 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. Heb. xi. 4. 5 Unto Cain, &C.J And Moses was very wrath, and said unto the... | |
| Richard Watson - 1832 - 1094 pages
...import of the words of the apostle, — " 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." Now what is the meaning of the... | |
| Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...commendation of Abel, says, (Heb. xi. 4.) " By faith he offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain ; by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gins ; and by it he being dead yet speaketh," even after his death. Our Saviour places... | |
| John Watkins - 1833 - 526 pages
...difference is thus accounted for by St. Paul : " 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." Hebreius xi. 4. He came before God with a heart filled with the love of him,... | |
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