 | Ephraim Wood - 1815 - 384 Seiten
...of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel, and unto his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering, he had not respect." (Gen. iv. 35.) Nevertheless, I was in hopes of hearing something on this head, at so particularly favourable... | |
 | Samuel Seabury - 1815 - 316 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1816 - 442 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1816 - 458 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | William Wake - 1817 - 494 Seiten
...offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of hisfloch, and of the fat thereof: and the LORD had respect unto Abel, and to his offering. But unto Cain and unlo his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very sorrowful, and his countenance fell. And the... | |
 | William Owtram - 1817 - 424 Seiten
...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. But there... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1818 - 362 Seiten
...Genesis, iii, 21. Lord : and Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of hisjlock, and of the fat thereof'. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering, but unto Cain and to his offering He had no respect." * But the history of Noah furnishes a more decisive proof to the point in question. In... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 Seiten
...with the garden productions of Eden alone. CAIN AND ABEL. [Gen. iv. 4, 6.] And the LORD had respect to Abel, and to his offering; but unto Cain, and to his offering, he had not respect. 232. [Gen. ii. 8.] The true Patriarchs, from Adam t» MOSCH, appear to have been each, constituted... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1818 - 226 Seiten
...of the nonacceptance of his offering. What then was the matter ? Answer : " The Lord had respect to Abel and to his offering ; but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect." This dispute, therefore, seems to be a kind of religious dispute : and perhaps there was about as much... | |
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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; Hebrew 11:4} Cain was very wroth, the LORD said Why art thou wroth? 
