 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 էջ
...4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent facrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witnefs that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and by it he being dead, yet fpeaketh. Heb. xi. 6. But without faith it is impoffible to pleafc him: for he that cometh to Got!,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1768 - 576 էջ
...4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent (aenfiee than Cain, by which he obtained witnefs that he was righteous, God testifying of- his gifts : and by it, he being dead, yet fpeaketh, •ш Job ix. 20. If I juftify myfelf, my o-wn mouth fhall condemn me : If 1 fay, 1 am perfect,... | |
 | 1804 - 498 էջ
...respect to Abel and to his offering ; but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. Did not this firstling of Abel's flock represent that lamb of God who took away the sin of the world,... | |
 | Francis Randolph - 1800 - 256 էջ
...if by faith, as the Apostle argues, Abel offered unto GOD a more excellent sacrifice than Cain; if he obtained witness that he was righteous, GOD testifying...of his gifts, and by it he being dead yet speaketh; then the crime by which he fell, is an illustration of the great doctrines of the gospel — of the... | |
 | 1803 - 490 էջ
...next verse of this epistle we read of the faith and translation of Enoch, in these remarkable words, " By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found because God bad translated him." How is this to be accounted for upon the hypothesis that the soul remains in an... | |
 | 1802 - 374 էջ
...word of God ; so that things which arc seen, were not made of things which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...testifying of his gifts ; and by it he, being dead, yet speak:th. 5 By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death ; and was not found, because... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1802 - 512 էջ
...is given by the Apostle in the eleventh chapter to the Hebrews; where he says, " that by Faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain;...that he was righteous; God testifying of his gifts." Heb. xi. 4. Now " Faith (we are told by the same Apostle in the opening of the chapter, which records... | |
 | 1804 - 476 էջ
...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,...which he obtained witness, that he was righteous, God testify ing of his gifts; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated,... | |
 | Richard Wright - 1805 - 420 էջ
...charaq' ter of the worshipper. It is further supported by what is said, Ileb. xi. 4. By faith Abel offered unto GOD a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, GOT) testifying of his gifts : this shows that God's acceptance of his sacrifice was a testimony to... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1805 - 338 էջ
...Elijah being taken up alive into heaven. And this sense is confirmed by the apostle, Hebrews xi. v. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death ; and was not found, lecause God had translated him : for lefore his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God.... | |
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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. 
