 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 страници
...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 of his gifts, and by it he being dead yet speaketh." In both these senses he is the Lamb slain from the foundation of... | |
 | William Magee - 1812 - 532 страници
...appears to have been, in the opinion of this writer, the animal sacrfiice. The words are remarkable—By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts^f. The words here translated, a more excellent sacrifice, are in an early version rendered a... | |
 | John Jones - 1812 - 1054 страници
...oblations of Abel and Cain.' " The words," adds he, " are remarkable. By faith Abel ottered unto Ciod a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts." But surely the obvious meaning of the words is, By faith I'M God, Abel offered unto God a more excellent... | |
 | 1812 - 666 страници
...early intimations of scripture, our attention is first arrested by the sacrifice which Abel offered, "by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his <jjifts." The sacred historian informs us, that Abel offered " of the firstlings of his flock," and... | |
 | 1813 - 580 страници
...of his flock, and of the fat thereof; and the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his of-fering. With Heb. xi. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more...was righ-teous, God testifying of his gifts ; and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. t Gal. v. 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,... | |
 | William Magee - 1813 - 556 страници
...opinion of this writer, the animal sacrifice. The words are remarkable—By faith Abel offered vnio God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which...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... | |
 | Samuel Whitman - 1814 - 390 страници
...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...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts." The sacrifice of Abel was excellent, because he brought it with a good mind. And the sacrifice of Cain... | |
 | 1804 - 502 страници
...Lord had 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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 316 страници
...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...witness, that he "was righteous ; God testifying of his gifts."J In the language of Scripture, to dp a thing in faith, by faith, or through faith, means to... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 600 страници
...sacrifice that Abel offered, which the apostle calls an excellent one, and, upon this occasion, says, that he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, Heb. xi. 4. and therefore it follows, that it was instituted by him : yet it does not appear that there... | |
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from observing what the Apostle to the Hebrews tells us, (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. 
