 | Robert May - 1819 - 392 pages
...faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." 22. What token was given to Abel? " He obtained witness that he was righteous ; God testifying of his gifts." 23. How dpi God testify or bear witness to his gifts? He shewed his approbation by his acceptance of... | |
 | 1822 - 554 pages
...to him : while the frowns of the Almighty lowered on the unbelief of his brother : " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain...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... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1822 - 326 pages
...first of these, among the children of Adam," proceeded Mr. Fairchild, " was Abel : ' By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testify ing of his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated, that.he... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1822 - 472 pages
...intended a similar course of argument to be applied to him. For of Abel, as of Enoch, he says, that he " obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts"." But without pleasing God it is impossible to obtain witness from him that we are righteous; and " without... | |
 | 1823 - 880 pages
...which was first proclaimed to • Adam : on every other ground they were rejected. ' By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous/ The sacrifice of animals was a representation of the sacrifice of Christ ; and the offering of them... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 454 pages
...grounds to hope for. Of what avail this faith was •with God, we may see, ver. 4, " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain...which he obtained witness that he was righteous." Ver. 5, " By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death : for before his translation... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...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,...his gifts : and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...according to the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, who bears this testimony to it, xi. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead, yet spealceth. 462. But have I now seen Death, 9 h this the way &c.] Our author, in making Adam so ignorant... | |
 | Colin McIver - 1824 - 434 pages
...that grace which is of the operation of God, and which is productive of good works. For by faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...he was righteous, " God testifying of his gifts." " By faith, Enoch was translated, that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had... | |
 | 1824 - 594 pages
...God, and thereby obtained the Divine approbation. Accordingly the Apostle saith, that, by faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice' than...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts ; by it, he being dead, yet speaketh. Another example of the same kind, is that of Abraham, w,hen he... | |
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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. 
