| John Bevans - 1810 - 134 páginas
...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 than Cain. 5. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 páginas
...the just man should live by his faith, Hab. ii. 4. Hence it is said that, '' By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which...his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh," Hcb. xi. 4; Gen. iv. 4. And we are told, in the New Testament, that faith, whether weak or strong,... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 páginas
...he goats : Who hath required this at your hands? Isaiah i. 11, 12. But " by faith Abel offered, and obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying...his gifts, and by it he being dead yet speaketh." In both these senses he is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world decretively and typically,... | |
| John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 506 páginas
...way and manner of the creation of all things, which faith discovers. VEtSE 4. By faith Abel nff~ered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he teas righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet sfieaketh. §1, Connexion.... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 408 páginas
...does the Bible afford you one. It appears plain to me, that Abel had his sacrifice to look to, when he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and by his faith he has still a voice in the word of God. Noah had both his altar and sacrifice to look to,... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1811 - 472 páginas
...Abel, and to his offering ; But unto Cain and his offering he had not 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 ! The believer himself espies many faults... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1811 - 476 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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