...blessing and the curse set before Cain, in these memorable words : " If thou doest well, shall thoti not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." The succeeding Patriarchs lived under the influence of these divine sanctions. " Noah was a just man,...

...and 7, give us the Lord's condescending expostulation with Cain, upon his unreasonable anger. " Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt not tfaoa be accepted?" It is not doing well, to come to God in any other than his own appointed way....

...himself has authorised us to form. For when God expostulated with Cain upon his wrath, he said, " Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted?"" Thus was it implied that his offering had not been accepted because he...

...affection for him, and in all temporal matters was still his inferior. " And the Lord 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 unto thee shall...

...the first remarkable action after the fall, there is it sufficient intimation given to angry Cain ; " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doe&t not well, Bin lieth at the door," Gen. iv. 7 ; which Uylhe most ancient interpretation signifieth...

...respect e." Yet, when Cain was " wroth" at the rejection of his offering, GOD said unto him, " Why art -thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen?...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door f" These were precisely the terms of the Adamite covenant, the covenant of works. So that, when Cain,...

...thou upon earth. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay. If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Doth not the Almighty say to thee, " what hast thou t« do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest...

...Tiu3A6 TIJAC 66f AT) ")4 1 cms f& 45tiof rT)ATi AIT)TT) i]. wroth ? and why is thy countenance fkllen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou- doest not well, sin lieth at the door ; and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother...

...that is, the passions shall consume, and live upon the flesh of nature. 29 Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen?*...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...

...had not respect: and Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell ; and the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen?...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...