 | Joseph John Gurney - 1825 - 588 pages
...unto Abel, and to his offering (17^^^^) , but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And...fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted (or have the excellency ^fc^ti')' ana ^ thou doest not well, sin (nXOH) 1ietn at the door : and unto... | |
 | Elisha Bates - 1825 - 340 pages
...part. The general strain of scripture promises, both in the Old and New Testament, is conditional. "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ?...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen 4. 7. "Behold I set before you this day a blessing and a eurse: a blessing if ye obey the commandments... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 pages
...which from numberless other passages appears to have been also the case after the fall. Gen. iv. 7. if thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door, or, the punishment of sin watcheth for thee. Exod. xxxii. 32, 33. blot me, I pray thee, out of thy... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 480 pages
...his bloodless offering had produced in him, He reasoned with him on the subject and said, Gen iv. 7, "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted; and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: " the meaning of which seems to be this, " If thou wast not a a transgressor, thy acceptance would... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...well, sin lieth at the door. And * unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 3875. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came...pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up t, wi»d. *. 3. against Abel his brother, and b slew him. Matth. xxiii. ° . 35. I John iii. Judo 11... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pages
...nothing that the seed of the serpent could bring would come up as a memorial before Him. Verse 7 : "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ?...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door," &c. As previously shown, it is the motive that is looked at here. In the same 4th verse of the llth... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1827 - 340 pages
...was pleased to argue with him, and apparently to point out the ground or principle of such diversity. Why art thou wroth: and why is thy countenance fallen...And, if thou doest not well, SIN lieth at the door. II. Thus runs the scriptural history of the transaction: and thus, in our common English version, runs... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 548 pages
...thine 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... | |
 | Abigail F. Mott - 1827 - 144 pages
...changed, because his brother's offering was more acceptable than his own; ,was it not said to him, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." The royal Psalmist, when speaking of the goodness of the Lord, of which he appears to have been very... | |
 | M. Hurry - 1828 - 146 pages
...from what he really was ; and in consequence his gifts were rejected. " And the Lord said unto him, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door?" Instead of profiting from this reproof, so justly deserved, Cain went out from the presence of the... | |
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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. 
