 | George Stanley Faber - 1827 - 340 sider
...possessed by Abel, led him to offer a sacrifice from the firstlings of his flock : for, says the Apostle, BY FAITH Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Consequently, the want of faith in a divine revelation, on the part of Cain, led him to offer a vegetable... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1827 - 558 sider
...faith of our first parents in the great atoning sacrifice Christ, of whom these were a type. Heb. 11.4. 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... | |
 | 1827 - 512 sider
...were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 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... | |
 | Grace Kennedy - 1827 - 376 sider
...and again I appeal, for the truth of this, to the one unchanging source of truth, — the Bible. ' By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.' ' By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death.' ' By faith Noah, being warned of God... | |
 | 1834 - 344 sider
...separated from the goats.' The first example of faith mentioned in the scriptures, is that of Abel. ' 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 that he was righteous;... | |
 | 1827 - 316 sider
...obtained a good report. Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death ; for before his translation, he had this... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 sider
...when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 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... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 sider
...of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen. HISTORY OF CAIN AND ABEL; LECTURE IV. HEBREWS XI. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witnesg, that be was righteous, God testifying of his gins, and by it be, being... | |
 | 1828 - 588 sider
...essential part, for he had no faith in the Redeemer. The Apostle particularly notices it, when he says, " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." In Abel's offering, we seo a striking reference to the sacrifice which prefigured the Atonement, but... | |
 | 1828 - 924 sider
...the state in which that heart is found by him. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted >" " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain." In Abel, his sacrifice was symbolical of an inward faith and devotion to God, which led him to do well... | |
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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. 
