 | Grace Kennedy - 1827 - 376 pages
...and again I appeal, for the truth of this, to the one unchanging source of truth, — the Bible. ' By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.' ' By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death.' ' By faith Noah, being warned of God of... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1828 - 588 pages
...things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good repon. £ 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were...the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. с 4 Ну ftiith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...perdition ; but of them who believe to the saving of the soul.— Heb. x. 32. 35. 37—39. Col. i. 23. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, &c. By faith .Enoch was translated, that he should not Bee death, &c. He had this testimony, that he... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 pages
...grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen. HISTORY OF CAIN AND ABEL; LECTURE IV. HEBREWS XI. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witnesg, that be was righteous, God testifying of his gins, and by it be, being dead, yet speakelh.... | |
 | 1828 - 632 pages
...disposition. Had it not been declared in the Epistle to the Hebrews so long after, that he " by faith offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that lie was righteous, God testifying of his gifts,"—we should have concluded it was so. At this early... | |
 | 1828 - 828 pages
...things •which are seen were not made of tht'.gs which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto Goé a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, Giid testifying of his giftf ; and by it he, being dead, Jret. speákélh. : ..' 5 fey faith Enoch... | |
 | John Stanford - 1829 - 474 pages
...their -design. We are, therefore, informed in the New Testament, that by faith Abel offered unto God « more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained...witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gift*; and by it, he being dead, yet spcaketh. Hebrews xi. 4. Cain brought the fruit of the ground... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 474 pages
...conceive or desire. LVI. THE BEING OF GOD DEMONSTRATED IN THE WORKS OF CREATION.* PART I. HEBREWS XI. 3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were...the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. THE belief of a God is the corner stone of all religion. Whatever... | |
 | 1830 - 602 pages
...ascribes the entire difference to the possession or the non-possession of this efficacious principle. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...which he obtained witness that he was righteous." And with respect to the general blessings comprehended under the gospel dispensation it may be observed,... | |
 | John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 pages
...may now understand St. Paul's meaning, when he tells us in the Epistle to the Hebrews, By faith Mel offered unto GOD a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...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... | |
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Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God; so that things which are seen, 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... 
