 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | Gilbert Gerard - 1823 - 462 pages
...by a copulative conjunction, one has the force of an adjective. Glass. ib. can. 6. Gen. iv. 4. "Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof," ie of the fattest firstlings of his flock. 948. A substantive, governed by a preposition, has often... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...may be proper to compare thia account with the sacred history, to which it alludes, Gen. iv. 2, &c. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller...the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. The poet adds, that Cain took the fruits unculled, as came to hand, whereas Abel selected the choicest... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...may be proper to compare this account with the sacred history, to which it alludes, Gen. iv. 2, &c. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller...the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, t/mt Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...XLIII. OF SACRIFICES AND ALTARS, AND CALLINO UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD, BEFORE THE GIVING OF THE LAW. CAIN brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord : and Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof : and the Lord had respect unto... | |
 | David Osgood - 1824 - 486 pages
...their history rendering it highly probable. In Gen. iv. 3, 4, we thus read ; " In process of time, Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord : and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock." The season of these oblations here called the " process of... | |
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. 
