...and thou canst not deny it. " Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?" Gen. xliv. 15. " Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen ?" If thou canst not stand the scrutiny of the righteous, thou shall never stand the judgment of God. Go thy way...

...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...

...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,...

...variety of passages in the Old Testament, a SIN OFFERING, the read . ing of the passage then becomes, if thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou * Gen. iv. 7. B 3 doest not well, a sin offering lieth even at the door l. The connexion is thus rendered...

...himself, it belonged unto them. So do the words of God to Cain plainly signify. «' If thou dost well unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him," Gen. iv. 7. And when God transferred in prophecy the birthright from Esau to Jacob, he did it in these...

...the one, and 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...

...his offering, he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Lord God said unto Cain, why art thou wroth? and why is thy...fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?" The last question which God put to Cain, affords evidence, that, if Cain had done well, he would have...

...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...

...grace vouchsafed. Man, therefore, is not totally depraved. He is a moral agent in his own conversion. " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest ill, sin lieth at thy door" (Gen. iv. 7). " Behold, I set before you a blessing and a curse ; a blessing...