...everlasting gospel, saying, " Why art. thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and, if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." This was the first hint of that important truth; "Without faith it is impossible to please God." And...

...kind of penitential sermon : * Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door,' (Gen. b?. 6, 7.) What was thus begun by God himself, the great pattern of perfection, his faithful...

...And the Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ; and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." How hard most have been that heart...

...had respect unto Abel and to his offering (d) j" and unto Cain he said, " If thou doest well, slmlt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door (e)" May (e ) Elements of Christian Theology. (d) Gen. c. 4. v. 4, (e) Gen. c. 4. v. 7. My argument...

...of his offering, and the acceptance of Abel's. The words in the present version are, if thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? — and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door* — which words, as they stand connected in the context, supply no very satisfactory meaning, and have...

...offspring, not because of any absolute decree of mine, but because of thy sin. Chap. iv. 7, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Sin only, not the decree of reprobation, hinders thy being accepted. Deut. vii. 9, " Know that the...

...expostulation, he adds, which God addressed to Cain, gives strength to this notion. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the doo-\" The original of sin he proposes to render sin-offering : and the last clause would then be,...

...the rejection of the other, manifestly arose from some moral cause, for it is added, " If thou doest well sha.lt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at thy door." We are further told, that the third son of Adana was named Seth ; that the son of Setlt...

...the'creatures. This sentiment is much conn, tenanced by what is said — ' ' If thou dost well, shall thou not be accepted; and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door."H The Hebrew word** translated -t Lev ix 7. $ Ib. xvi. 17. § The force of (his is thought to...

...said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 7 If thou doest well, shaft thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain...