...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." It has been observed by many learned commentators, that most probably the mode by which God marked...

...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. — And Cain talked with Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain...

...offering was more acceptable than his own ; was it not said to him, " If thou doest well, shall 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 sensible,...

...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 be insured...

...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...

...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...

...perhaps obscurely, to the guilty Cain. " If thou doest well," said the Lord unto him, " shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door, (ie the punishment of sin will surely await thee) '"." " Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied,...

...consequences of vice, and happiness the sure result of obedience and virtue. " If thou doest well, shalt 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...

...that topic," (p. 45.)he proceeds to review the text relating to Cain. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, SIN LIETH AT THE DOOR :" where the clause in capitals is rendered by Archbishop Magee, " a sin-offering lieth at the door,"...

...ver. 8. of the most learned and able expositors of the original text. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be " accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at " the doorb." Of the expositors to whom I refer, it is the decided judgment, that the word which is here...