 | Thomas Boston - 1811 - 476 pages
...Abel, and to. his offering : But unto Cain and his offering he had not respectCompare Heb. xi. 3. " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." O how defective are the saints duties in the eye of the law ! The believer himself espies many faults... | |
 | John Jones - 1812 - 1054 pages
...adduces the oblations of Abel and Cain. " The words," adds he, " are remarkable. By faith Ab«.-l oU'ered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts." But surely the obvious meaning of the words is, By faith in God, Abel otTered unto God a more excellent... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 508 pages
...no light into the way and manner of the creation of all things, which faith discovers. VERSE t. JZy faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...obtained witness that he 'was righteous, God testifying oj his gifts; and by it he bting dead yet sfieaketh. §1, Connexion. $2,5.. (I.) Exposition. $4. Abel's... | |
 | William Magee - 1812 - 532 pages
...sacrfiice. The words are remarkable — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacri~ jice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts~\-. The words here translated, a more excellent sacrifice, are in an early version rendered a much more... | |
 | 1809 - 618 pages
...Abel, and to his offering.' * By faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Gain ; by which, he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts.' * Christ, of God, is made unto us righteousness and sanctincation/ * We, being dead in our sins, hath... | |
 | 1812 - 666 pages
...early intimations of scripture, our attention is first arrested by the sacrifice which Abel offered, ".by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his ¡rifts." The sacred historian informs us, that Abel offered " of the firstlings of his flock," ançl... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 508 pages
...Abel, and to his offering : but unto Cain and his offering he had no respect," Compare Heb. xi. 3. " By faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." O how defective are the saints' duties in the eye of the law I The believer himself espies many faults... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...his offering ; but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.' See the reason, Heb. xi. 4. ' By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.' Bonum non, nisi ex Integra causa orilur, bonum est. Hence the good works of the heathens were but splendid... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1812 - 622 pages
...that Abel found acceptance with God, but Cain did not ; ver. 5. And as it is repeated ; Heb. Ji 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. And probably this was the difference, because, by the «acrifice and death of the living creatures,... | |
 | William Magee - 1813 - 556 pages
...opinion of this writer, the animal sacrifice. The words are remarkable — By faith Abel offered vnio God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts.* The words here translated, a more excellent sacrifice, are in an early version rendered a much more... | |
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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. 
