| Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 554 pages
...Abel brought their offerings unto the Lord. The term brought seems to point to a public assembly. " Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering...the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." Gen. iv. 3, 4. The question is, whither did they bring their offerings, if not to a public assembly... | |
| Christopher Benson - Bible - 1822 - 472 pages
...occasion have been required. I will not argue with Warburton, that when Moses introduces the phrase, " In process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground/' he means us to infer that he and Abel brought their offerings from the dictates of their own minds.... | |
| 1823 - 130 pages
...conceived, sand bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was- a tiller...Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering nnto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And... | |
| 1823 - 836 pages
...to conceive. Let us take the simple record of the earliest sacrifice given in the book of Genesis. " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller...Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord. And Alu-], he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." What... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1823 - 778 pages
...record of tbe earliest sacrifice given in the book of Genesis. " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but t'aiu was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time...Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." What... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1823 - 836 pages
...given in the book of Genesis. " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Caiu was a tiller of the ground. And ia process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." What... | |
| Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1823 - 334 pages
...that are most excellent, and by the powerful energy of his grace make us wise and happy for ever ! "And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. 1 Sam. xvi. 22, and xvii. 15. " The sun ariseth ; man goeth forth unto his work, and to... | |
| Charles Powlett - 1824 - 352 pages
...the eleventh chapter of his Epistle to the Hebrews. In the fourth chapter of Genesis it is said, " And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain...the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof, and the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering; but unto Cain and his offering, he had not... | |
| William Hone - 1824 - 358 pages
...all strife and disorder. Examples of the mischiefs they have occasioned. FOR thus it is written, 1 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain...the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof: 2 And the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering. But unto Cain and to his offering he had... | |
| Congregational churches - 1824 - 594 pages
...•which bear testimony to the same thing. The first example which occurs, is that of Abel. We read, that in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought...the firstlings of his flock 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 not... | |
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