 | Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 428 pàgines
...And Abel offered the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof;" compared with Heb. xi. 4. " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." This is the first explicit account of offering sacrifice. I may ask with propriety, how came Abel to... | |
 | Ezekiel Blomfield - 1809 - 690 pàgines
...without the shedding of blood there is no remission. The observation is confirmed by Hebrews zi. 4, 5, 6. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by •which he obtained witness that he was righteous ; God testifying ofhh gifts, and by it, he being... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pàgines
...his offering, he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. With Heb. xi. 4. 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... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1811 - 472 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1812 - 622 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 508 pàgines
...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... | |
 | John Owen, Edward Williams - 1812 - 508 pàgines
...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 than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he 'was righteous, God testifying oj his gifts; and by it he bting dead... | |
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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. 
