| George Gleig (bp. of Brechin.) - 1827 - 1124 páginas
...unquestionably that assigned by the inspired author of the epistle to the Hebrews, when he says that " by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous ;" but the question is, what was the faith which Abel had, and which Cain wanted ? According te some... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 572 páginas
...the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which da appear. 4 By faith d Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than...which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God • testify 1 confident expectation. Ham. Dud. assurance. 'I //. ground, or confidence. AV 'certainty.... | |
| 1827 - 854 páginas
...Abel offered unto God a more excellent," or, as Mr. Davison translates it, more abundant (p. 1 28) " 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." íHeb. xi. 4.) " This is the message, that ye heard from the... | |
| Richard Warner - 1828 - 476 páginas
...explicit mention of the two brothers by St. Paul; who, in his Epistle to the Hebrews,'tells us, "'\>j faith Abel offered " unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous ; God testifying of his " gifts." Of these several passages, the last is the most full and remarkable, and will induce me to direct the... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 - 828 páginas
...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... | |
| 1828 - 632 páginas
...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 - 666 páginas
...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,...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts," — we should have concluded it was so. At this early period, in the infancy of the world and of the... | |
| John Stanford - 1829 - 474 páginas
...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... | |
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