| Charles Simeon - 1833 - 574 pages
...ABEL'S OFFERING INSTRUCTIVE TO us. Heb. xi. 4. 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. IN reading the history of the saints... | |
| 1833 - 896 pages
...sacrifice contained in the sacred Scriptures. " By faith Abel offered to 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." Here you perceive Cain and Abel hrought... | |
| Charles Walker - 1833 - 108 pages
...order is Abel. And the Apostle says — "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, if you will turn to the... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1834 - 466 pages
...Adam," proceeded Mr. Fairchild, " was Abel, '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 speakelh. By faith Enoch was translated, that... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 pages
...faith and hope to such propitiation : " For by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice a)YX E+ testifying of his gifts, and by it he, being dead, yet speaketn." The history, character, and conduct... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...were not made of things which do appear. 4 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. 5 By faith Enoch was translated, that... | |
| George Croly - 1834 - 666 pages
...startling to his pride. The question of sacrifice comprehended offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous; God testifying of his gifts," means little more than that he, being a more virtuous man than Cain, offered... | |
| Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1835 - 606 pages
...4, 5. This is the comment given on it. " 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 :" or " is yet spoken of." Heb. xi.... | |
| Orville Dewey - 1835 - 310 pages
...and speaketh in its example. " Abel," it is written, " 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." How enduring is the memorial of... | |
| William Carpenter - 1836 - 776 pages
...very important passage is Heb. xi. 4 '• ~ By faith Abel offered unto God a more ex<*Dent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of lus gifts ; and by it, he, being dead, yet speaketh." Here it is argued, that the apostle... | |
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