 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
 | Richard Hughes - 1874 - 386 pages
...the answer. Behold the Lord showing His own death, the High Priest over the house of God presenting the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. But in so doing He appears, not as the bullock or goat of sinoffering, but as the Lamb. Although the... | |
 | Michael Ferrebee Sadler - 1874 - 156 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 " (Heb. xii. 22). Here is the state of grace on earth set forth in terms which seem more fitted to... | |
 | Charles Bruce - Great Britain - 1875 - 636 pages
...righteousness to every one that believes. I thank God, through Jesus Christ, that I do depart under the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel, God having made this chastisement an ordinance to my soul. I did once as little expect to come to this... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - Bible - 1875 - 388 pages
...from that very ground, in which 1 The apostle's words (Heb. xii. 24) seem plainly to refer to this : ' The blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. ' There seems no reason for referring this, as some do, to the blood of Abel's sacrifice. His blood... | |
 | Matthew R. Miller - Christianity and other religions - 1876 - 276 pages
...all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. ' ' How clear the evidence here that the apostles believed in a spiritual and heavenly Jerusalem, which... | |
 | Theology - 1892 - 568 pages
...but beneath the shadow of Calvary. For we are not come to the mountain that may be touched, but to the Blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. Incarnation as a Molire Power. Sermons by WILLIAM BRIGHT, DD, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, Regius... | |
 | William Henry Hutchings - Prayer - 1877 - 280 pages
...will to each succeeding pang, has before the Throne of Heaven the eloquence of an ardent supplication. The blood of sprinkling which speaketh better things than that of Abel, gives to suffering a voice, an echo of Calvary, which reaches the Heart of GOD. We have seen the comprehensive... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1878 - 234 pages
...Jesus, so would the Father. Thus are we brought to feast with God the Judge of all, when we come to "the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel." Here the oil of joy is most befitting. Is it not most natural and proper that it should be poured out... | |
 | Theology - 1869 - 678 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 " (Heb. xii. 22-24). As regards the preparation in the Old Testament for the New, this was not merely... | |
 | Mary Wardle - Bible - 1879 - 336 pages
...the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel; see that ye refuse not Him that speaketh, for if they escape not who refused Him that spake on earth,... | |
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