 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...was, according to the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, who bears this testimony to it, 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 spealceth. 462. But have I now seen Death, 9 h this the way &c.] Our author,... | |
 | Colin McIver - 1824 - 442 pages
...in us. It is that grace which is of the operation of God, and which is productive of good works. For by faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous, " God testifying of his gifts." " By faith, Enoch was translated, that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 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. 5 By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death... | |
 | Caleb Pitt - 1824 - 868 pages
...4hat whatever is not of faith is sin: but from various other texts and considerations. Heb. ii. 4. " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...which he obtained witness that he was righteous." John iii. 14, Ift. "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...perdition ; but of them who believe to the saving of the soul.— Heb. x. 22. 35. 37—39. Col. i. 23. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, &c. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, &c. He had this testimony, that he... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...perdition ; but of them who believe to the saving <if the soul.— Heb. x. 22. 35. 37-^39. Col. i. 23. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, &c. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, &c. He had this testimony, that he... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...was, according to the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, who bears this testimony to it, xi. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he not righteotu, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead, yet speaketh. 462. But have I... | |
 | 1832 - 590 pages
...instruction and admonition of all who profess to offer any kind of sacrifice or religious homage to God. We read, " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which be obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet... | |
 | Charles Powlett - 1824 - 352 pages
...with Cain, will appear from St. Paul's words in the eleventh chapter of his Epistle to the Hebrews, " By faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice* than Cain, by which he ob* 7r\ctova Qvinav, a fuller sacrifice, ie a sin-offering as well as the first fruits for a thanksgiving.... | |
 | William PROCTER (Incumbent of Doddington, Northumberland.) - 1824 - 210 pages
...therefore, the " faith by which Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain," and " by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts,"6 — Whether that faith were demonstrated by obedience to a positive command, or by prompt... | |
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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. 
