...and why is thy countenance fallen; and mercifully given him encouragement, If thou doest well shall thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. thee shall be his desire, and thou shall rule * Jewish story tells us, that the dispute arose from...

...directed, not to the mode of their Sacrifice, but to the good and evil doings of their respective lives." " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest evil, sin lieth at the door." Thus also our Saviour directs us to " the blood of the righteous Abel."...

...established version ; and so we lose a certain for an uncertain benefit. The Bible translation runs thus : If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted, and if thou docst not well, sin lieth at the door ; therefore the inference is, turn from doing ill and learn to...

...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...

...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...

...7th verse, as an intelligent person, distinct from man : observe the words, "If thou doest not "-ell. sin lieth at the door: And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." Now, if there is propriety here, in the distinct personification of cin, ihen surelv there is in personifying...

...Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell : he that was not justified being also unsanctified. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? Why should Cain be offended at that which was the consequence of his own conduct? If thou doest well,...

...that the two masculine pronouns, in the concluding clause of the expostulation, ought to be referred. If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And,, if thou doest not well, A SIN-OFFERING lieth couching at the door : and, unto thee, is ITS desire; and thou shalt rule over...

...man who grumbles at cross providences and they may take this 'question to themselves individually, "Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou do well shall' thou not be accepted ? But if thou dost not well, sin lieth at the door (of conscience)...

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