...And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? I If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee 'shall bt his desire, and thou shall rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother...

...conditional, essential, and effectual. Conditional, because God had said, " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. iv, 7. It is essential, because our eternal interest is suspended on it; for our Lord says, "...

...Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth 1 and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shah thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." — It came to pass, — but how ? Were these men commanded to sacrifice the fruits of the ground and...

...promises, both in the Old and New Testaments, is conditional : " If thou <loest well, shalt not thou be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. iv. 7. " " Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; a blessing, if ye obey the...

...increase our faith, and stimulate us to press forward in the right path. 23d, 5th Mo.—11 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door."* The mode in which this question is asked, implies, If thou doest well, thou shalt be accepted. This law,...

...is a reproach to any people ;" ver. 34. And yet you make the avoiding it a reproach. " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ;" Gen. iv. 7. " Be sure your sin will find you out;" Numb- xxxii. 23. " Sin when it is finished bringeth...

...said to the leader of your sect, " Why art thou wrath ? And why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." (Gen. iv. 6.) Have you not as much need to pray as those that you hate and reproach for praying? Have...

...is a reproach to any people ;" ver. 34. And yet you make the avoiding it a reproach. " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ;" Gen. iv. 7. " Be sure your sin will find you out;" Numb, xxxii. 23. " Sin when it is finished bringeth...

...rejected, the word n^ttf! was rightly rendered sin in our version of the Old Testament: " if thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well sin lieth at the doorV I maintained, that it ought, agreeably to the usual principles of interpretation, to be rendered,...

...Prophesy, p. 74, 75, and Owen on Heb. xi. 4, p. 18. [344] Gen. iv. 7. " If thou doest well, shalt not thou be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Cain was not accepted in his offering, because he did not well — Because, 1. He was a wicked man,...