...vagabond" on the earth ; and marked with God's vengeance. My text was, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door," which was the language of the Father to Cain before he slew his righteous brother Abel. My mouth was...

...righteous. The Judge of all the earth, who refused his worship, yet deigned to indicate to him the cause. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, gin lieth at the door." In these grounds for the distinction between Cain and Abel, there is no vestige...

...anger ? " H» countenance fell." ^ 14. What did the Lord say to Cain when he saw that he was angry ? " Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted 1 and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." 15. Did the Lord say...

...Cain, and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door:...

...had respect unto Abel, and to his offering, Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell : then " the Lord 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." (Gen. iv. 6, 7.) The...

...Moses 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 had not done well. The same...

...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,...

...Verses 6 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...

...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...

...not 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? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door f" These were precisely...