| George Matheson - 1833 - 164 pages
...Abel is the Spirit of Christ. LV. ' ' By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death ; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." — HEB. xi. 5. Does not this sound something like an anticlimax ? To tell us that Enoch was translated... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1833 - 574 pages
...Enoch was translated that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had translated him : for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. AMONGST those who obtained a good report through faith, Enoch bears a very distinguished place. He... | |
| Charles Buck - Theology - 1833 - 980 pages
...Book of Wisdom : '• For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counsellor?"- " For before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God." But both these passages are taken directly from the canonical books of the Old Testament. The first... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Bible - 1834 - 276 pages
...was translated, that he should not see death ; and was not found, because God had translated him : for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him : for he that cometh to God must believe that he... | |
| Robert Haldane - Bible - 1834 - 526 pages
..." he was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God translated him ; for before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God." Thus, by means of Enoch, an increase of light was vouchsafed, and a striking intimation given of a... | |
| William Jay - Christian life - 1834 - 330 pages
...Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." Two thousand one hundred and twentyone years after, we behold, in like manner, Elijah the Tishbite... | |
| 1834 - 438 pages
...Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him : for, before his translation, he had this testimony, that he pleased God." Jude likewise speaks of Enoch, and mentions a prophecy of his, as follows: "And Enoch also, the seventh... | |
| Apologetics - 1834 - 640 pages
...the Book of Wisdom: "For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counsellor ? — For before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God." But both these passages are taken directly from the Canonical books of the Old Testament. The first... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him : ine altars, and slain thy prophets witli the sword; and I, «ven I onl But without faith it ia impossible to please him : for he that cometh to God, must believe that he... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1834 - 466 pages
...was translated, that he should not see death : and was not found, because God had translated him ; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,... | |
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