 | Samuel Seabury - Sermons, American - 1815 - 316 pages
...us. DISCOURSE XI. PART I. • OBSERVATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF CAIN ANI> ABEL. GEN. iv. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the Jirstlings of his flock , and of the fat thereof. And... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - Society of Friends - 1815 - 384 pages
...satisfied till 1 heard a discourse by one of your ministers (Susan Hadwen) from the following text: " And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offer unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof.... | |
 | Missions - 1803 - 504 pages
...Sacrifices, as was the patriarchal manner, each as the prieft of his own family — ' It came to pafs that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering to the Lord.' It is of importance to be obferved, that the Hebrew word rendered an offering, it mincha, which Dr.... | |
 | William Wake - Christian literature, Early - 1817 - 494 pages
...unjust and wicked envy, by which death first entered into the world. IV. For thus it is written: 7 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit 1 With mercy and conscience. * Ye were without repentance in all well-doing. Titus iii. 1. 5 Prov.... | |
 | William Owtram - Atonement - 1817 - 424 pages
...notion, they think, derives considerable support from that passage of Moses : " And in the end of days* it came to " pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the .ground " an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also " brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat " thereof,... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. tions that be done in the midst thereof. б If And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye af unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof.... | |
 | Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1818 - 362 pages
...offering of animals was a distinguishing part of that way of worshipping God, which he accepted. " In process of time, it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering unto the * Genesis, iii, 21. Lord : and Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of hisjlock, and of... | |
 | 1828 - 818 pages
...shafts of divine vengeance. — Maurice's Indian Antiquities, Vol. II. p. 70. FIRST-FRUITS. Genesis ir. 3. — " And in process of time it came to pass that...Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord." The custom of offering up the first-fruits of the harvest, expressive of gratitude... | |
 | William Hone - Apocryphal books (New Testament) - 1820 - 284 pages
...all ttrife and disorder. Kxamlilea of tlu mixchiefs they have occasioned. FOK thus it is written, ' And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an oflbring unto the Lord. And Abel, he also broughl of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof... | |
 | John Bellamy - Religions - 1820 - 332 pages
...for a considerable time, continued to offer sacrifices as well as offerings ; because it is said, " and in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground " only, without a sacrifice : for we cannot suppose that during this long interval, signified by the... | |
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And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But... 
