 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.  Assistant of Education - Page 1261823Full view - About this book
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...according to the thereof: and the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering. With 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... | |
 | Christian life - 1827 - 316 pages
...obtained a good report. Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death ; for before his translation, he had this... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 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... | |
 | William Cogswell - Families - 1827 - 558 pages
...faith of our first parents in the great atoning sacrifice Christ, of whom these were a type. Heb. 11.4. 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... | |
 | Tracts - 1834 - 344 pages
...separated from the goats.' The first example of faith mentioned in the scriptures, is that of 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 that he was righteous;... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Sacrifice - 1827 - 340 pages
...possessed by Abel, led him to offer a sacrifice from the firstlings of his flock : for, says the Apostle, BY FAITH Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Consequently, the want of faith in a divine revelation, on the part of Cain, led him to offer a vegetable... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 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... | |
 | William Owtram - Atonement - 1828 - 428 pages
...sacrifices to have been commanded by God : they adduce to the same purpose the assertion of an apostle, that " by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent " sacrifice than Cain :"* and nothing, they say, is 1 done " by faith," but what is done by the direction v of God himself.... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 242 pages
...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... | |
 | 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 than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, &c. By faith .Enoch was translated, that he should... | |
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