 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...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 dead, yet speaketh. w Job ix. 20. If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me : if I say, I am perfect,... | |
 | 1827 - 854 pages
...excellent," or, as Mr. Davison translates it, more abundant (p. 1 28) " 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." íHeb. xi. 4.) " This is the message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...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 dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...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 dead yet speaketh. JUDE, 11 : Woe unto them I for they have gone in the way of Cain, ana ran greedily after... | |
 | 1847 - 402 pages
...example. "Abel," it is written, " 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." How enduring is the memorial of goodness ! It is but a sentence, which is read in a moment,... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1827 - 558 pages
...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 dead yet speaketh. (h) Acts 8. 37. And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. Acts... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1827 - 340 pages
...recorded worthies. 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 *. The word Faith, we have established, as employed by the Apostle throughout his entire eulogy,... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 pages
...Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness. Vol. i. 4 that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh." The history, character, and conduct of these two brothers, from the materials furnished... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...appear. By faith Abel offered unto God a more ex- 4 '"**' cellent 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. By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not 5 see death ; and was not found, because... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 pages
...God a more acceptable sacrifice " than Cain ; by which he obtained witness that he was righte" ous, God testifying of his gifts : and by it he being dead, yet " speaketh."f What is the plain meaning of the Apostle's declaration? This, assuredly, that the death... | |
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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. 
