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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CIII. Abel's Sacrifice And Christ's Compared. Heb. xii. 22,24. Te are come to the blood of sprinkling, which speaketh better things than that of Abel. AS the Christian dispensation differs widely from that of Moses as to the manner in which it was promulgated, so does it most essentially differ with respect to the spirit and temper which it is calculated to produce in the minds of men. The terrors of Mount Sinai were suited to impress the Jews with a servile fear; as their whole system of rites and ceremonies was, to keep them under bondage. But the mild genius of the gospel introduces us at once to peace and liberty. In the passage before us the apostle exemplifies this remark in many particulars; the last of which demands our attention at this time. We propose to shew I. The efficacy of Abel's blood By the blood of Abel we are not to understand his own blood, but the blood of his sacrifice The generality of commentators indeed explain this as relating to Abel's blood, which cried for vengeance against his murderous brother. Bat to commend the blood of Christ I'm this view, would indeed be no commendation at all. The history of Abel informs us, that he offered one of the firstlings of his flock in addition to the same kind of offering as Cain brought, b manifesting thereby not merely his obligations to God as a creature, but his conscious guilt as a sinner, and his faith in that Lamb of God, who was to take away the sin of the world. That sacrifice of his was honoured with very peculiar tokens of God's acceptance; and may therefore fitly be referred to as illustrative of the sacrifice of Christ.] It spake to him that offered it very excellent things Had not the marks of God's favour been such as were most desirable, Cain would not have so cruelly envied his ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217220491 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217220495 |
| Weight | 0.47 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.32 In |
| List Price | $24.02 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 136 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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