 | 1826 - 608 pagina’s
...sacrifice, would lead him to infer, that repentance was available only through sacrifice and a Redeemer. If thou doest well shalt thou not be accepted, and if thou doest not well, sin (ie the punishment of it) lieth at the door; (ie near at hand, ready to overtake thee.) This declaration... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 426 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1822 - 814 pagina’s
...the blessing aud the curse set before Cain, in these memorable words : " If thou doest well, shall thou 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,... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1827 - 340 pagina’s
...with him, and apparently to point out the ground or principle of such diversity. Why art thou wroth: and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest...And, if thou doest not well, SIN lieth at the door. II. Thus runs the scriptural history of the transaction: and thus, in our common English version, runs... | |
 | Abigail F. Mott - 1827 - 144 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | John Wesley - 1827 - 548 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | M. Hurry - 1828 - 146 pagina’s
...was ; and in consequence his gifts were rejected. " And the Lord said unto him, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest...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... | |
 | 1828 - 632 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Edward Dowling - 1829 - 264 pagina’s
...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 ? If thou doest...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." This extract, without any comment, seems sufficiently to explain itself, the latter part whereof intimates... | |
 | Elisha Bates - 1829 - 360 pagina’s
...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... | |
| |
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. 
