| John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pagina’s
...power; for before it wai thus created, it bad no existence in nature. 4 things which do not appear. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts ; and by it, being... | |
| 1813 - 580 pagina’s
...ilotk, and of tbe fat thereof; and the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering. 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... | |
| Samuel Whitman - 1814 - 390 pagina’s
...was a righteous man. And his bringing his offering to God in faith was a proof of his righteousness. "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." The sacrifice of Abel... | |
| Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 316 pagina’s
...guilt. This account seems to be confirmed by the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, who says, " 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. "J In the language... | |
| 1816 - 458 pagina’s
...Good works are the works of a justified man. ' The Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering.' ' 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.' ' Christ, of God, is... | |
| 1816 - 442 pagina’s
...Good works are the works of a justified man. ' The Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering.' ' 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.' ' Christ, of God, is... | |
| John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 than Cain, by which he obtained witness, that he was righteous, God testifying of HIS GIFTS." These sacrifices are... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 632 pagina’s
...honourable conduct towards God, and towards mankind. By faith, says St. Paul, Abel offered a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not •ee death. By faith JVbaA, moved with fear, prepared an ark. By faith Abraham, being called of God... | |
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