 Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect : and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant;...  Journals and letters, ed. by S. Wilberforce - Page 89by Henry Martyn - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 518 pages
...45—47. i Heb. ii. 16. CIII. ABEL'S SACRIFICE AND CHRIST'S COMPARED. Heb. xii. 22,24. Te are come to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. AS the Christian dispensation differs widely from that of Moses as to the manner in which it was promulgated,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...and to the spirits of just men made perfect ; and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel." Happy are such souls ; " Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens... | |
 | Missions - 1826 - 638 pages
...Lord : and the children of Adam shall be brought to Jesus, ' the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel.' To aid the Bible Societies that already exist : to form Secondary Associations in every parish ; to... | |
 | William White - 1813 - 532 pages
...must have been contemplated by Su Paul, where he • VmrT,po>. t HIED * 1 i- »uses the language — " the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel."* It is not uncommon, to endeavour to discredit the doctrine, by confounding it with the position, that... | |
 | Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) - Christian literature, Early - 1818 - 452 pages
...the comforts of pardon and peace, for the Lord's sake. Behold the voice of our brother's blood, even the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel, crying aloud to thee from the cross. (Gen. iv. 10 ; Heb. xii. 24.) And is it possible that he should... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1822 - 516 pages
...for our justification and reconciliation with God, mentioned Heb. xii. 22. 2*. " Ye are come — to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel ;" namely, in that it speaks for pardon and mercy, whereas Abel's spoke for vengeance: and then another... | |
 | William Jones - Bible - 1821 - 398 pages
...have remission, as all things were purified under the law, and nothing accepted or sanctified without the blood of sprinkling ; which speaketh better things than that of Abel; for the blood of Abel cried for vengeance, this for mercy and pardon. Thus is our society on like terms... | |
 | John Venn - Sermons, English - 1822 - 446 pages
...and to the spirits of just men made perfect; and to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant; and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel." Such is the society into which you are introduced, — such are the privileges you are called to enjoy.... | |
 | Henry Belfrage - Bible - 1822 - 246 pages
...result of remorse working in a heart which knew its own bitterness — and which sought not relief in the blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel. The gloomiest visions haunt his imagination, and there is no hope of his recovery. The unhappy convict... | |
 | John William Cunningham - Sermons, English - 1823 - 378 pages
...no Mediator ? Let the text reply ; " Ye are come to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant ; and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel." You, as Christians, are united to Him of whom Moses was the mere shadow, and who is, in fact, the only... | |
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