...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 — Bfcause, 1. He was a wicked man,...

...mode of their sacrifice, but to the good and evil doings of their respective lives — ' If thou do "(9) (0) DAVISON'S Inquiry into the Origin and Intent of Primitive Sacrifice. (9) Inquiry, &c. With...

...7. IN tha version of our English Bible, this verse is rendered thus: — If ihou doest well, ehalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and than shall rule over him. It is difficult to see^ whom the English...

...remarkable action after the fall, there is a sufficient intimation given to angry Cain : " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ;" (Gen. iv. 7.) which by the most ancient interpretation signifieth a reservation of his sin unto...

...condescending expostulation of God, "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 ' — in spite of this expostulation, which sufficiently explained to him, why he had not obtained...

...to the atonement : for such I consider the language of the Lord to Cain, Gen. iv. 7 : "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ;" or, as it might be rendered, " a sin-offering croucheth at the door : that is, as if the Lord said,...

...holiness with sobriety. 1 Tim. ii. 15. Thy desire, &c.] If thou doest well {said the Lord to Cain) shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ; and unto thee ••',•/// be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Gen. iv. 7. Rule over thee,...

...consequences of vice, and happiness the sure result of obedience and virtue. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door :" Gen. iv, 7. " Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him ; for they shall eat the fruit...

...to reason thus with 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 thy door ;" that is, it remaineth as thy own fault to condemn thee. A fair choice was here set before...

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