 | 1816 - 432 pages
...justified man. ' The Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering.' ' By faith, Abel offered iiuto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain ; by which,...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts.' ' Christ, of God, is made unto us righteousness and sanctification.' ' We, being dead in our sins,... | |
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 458 pages
...ascribed only to divine appointment, for we are expressly informed, that " by faith Abel offer" ed unto God a more excellent sacrifice than " Cain ; by which he obtained witness that he a (ion. Hi. 15. " was righteous, God testifying of his gifts4." Now, as " faith is the substance of... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...Christ, whose righteousness it is by which the sinner stands just before God. — And hence it is said, " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." Heb. xi. By faith he did it ; but faith in respect to the righteousness that justifies ; for we are... | |
 | William Owtram - 1817 - 424 pages
...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 done " by faith," but what is done by the direction of God himself. IV.... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - 1818 - 238 pages
...of the forest is mine, and mine are the cattle upon a thousand hills:" Plalm 1. 9. And Heb. xi. 4, " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...that he was righteous, God testifying of HIS GIFTS." These sacrifices are spoken of repeatedly by God's prophets in contemptuous terms, as of no value in... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 490 pages
...broad line of distinction between the two essentially differing sacrifices of the children of Adam. By FAITH Abel offered unto God a more excellent . sacrifice than Cain : or, as one of the old English translations with somewhat greater accuracy expresses the sense of... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1818 - 320 pages
...the character of obedience, being founded upon the knowledge and recognition of the Divine will. " By faith Abel offered " unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. " Without faith it is impossible to please " Him." The offerings of superstition are to an " unknown... | |
 | Robert May - 1819 - 392 pages
...respect unto Abel and to his offering." 21. In what manner did Abel offer his sacrifice ? It is said " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." 22. What token was given to Abel? " He obtained witness that he was righteous ; God testifying of his... | |
 | William Gurnall - 1821 - 512 pages
...Abel did not put God off with a beast or two for a sacrifice, but with them gives his heart also. " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain," Heb.xi. 4. he gave God the inward worship of his soul ; and this was it that God took so kindly at... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1822 - 472 pages
...XII. THE OFFERINGS OF CAIN AND ABEL, AND THE ORIGIN OF SACRIFICES CONSIDERED. PART III. HEB. XI. 4. " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh." FAMILIARIZED to the idea of an atonement of blood for sin,... | |
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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. 
