...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen 1 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door."—It came to pass,—but how ? Were these men commanded to sacrifice the fruits of the ground...

...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...thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." This extract, without any comment, seems sufficiently to explain itself, the latter part whereof intimates...

...reprobation. The general strain of Scripture promises, both in the Old and New Testaments, is conditional : " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. iv. 7. "Behold ! I set before you this day a blessing and a curse : — a blessing, if ye obey...

...countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? I If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee 'shall bt his desire, and thou shall rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother...

...Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth 1 and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shah thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." — It came to pass, — but how ? Were these men commanded to sacrifice the fruits of the ground and...

...conditional, essential, and effectual. Conditional, because God had said, " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. iv, 7. It is essential, because our eternal interest is suspended on it; for our Lord says, "...