...though at first 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,...

...brother's 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...

...on 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,"...

...and the acceptance of Abel's. The words in the present version are, ifthou doest ivellr shall tfwu not be accepted? — and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door* — which words, as they stand connected in the context, supply no very satisfactory meaning, and have...

...nothing that the seed of the serpent could bring would come up as a memorial before Him. Verse 7 : "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ?...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door," &c. As previously shown, it is the motive that is looked at here. In the same 4th verse of the llth...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...directed, not to the mode of their Sacrifice, but to the good and evil doings of their respective lives." " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest evil, sin lieth at the door." Thus also our Saviour directs us to " the blood of the righteous Abel."...

...established version ; and so we lose a certain for an uncertain benefit. The Bible translation runs thus : If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted, and if thou docst not well, sin lieth at the door ; therefore the inference is, turn from doing ill and learn to...