...holy and impartial manner, God has always, conducted towards human creatures. He said even to Cain, " If thou doest well shalt thou >not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, ;«in lieth at the door.'* God has always approved and accepted of such persons as have jdone well,...

...Abel entertained a cordial affection for him, and in all temporal matters was still his inferior. " And the Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth, and...shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." How hard most have been that heart which this mild remonstrance could not melt : but Cain continued...

...hatred against his brother Abel, in the following words which are a kind of penitential sermon : * Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door,' (Gen. b?. 6, 7.) What was thus begun by God himself, the great pattern of perfection, his faithful...

...Eve, and practised by Abel; which he vindicates upon the rules of the everlasting gospel, saying, " Why art. thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen?...and, if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." This was the first hint of that important truth; "Without faith it is impossible to please God." And...

...hatred against his brother Abel, in the following words which are a kind of penitential sermon : ' Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door,' (Gen. iv. 6, 7.) What was thus begun by God himself, the great pattern of perfection, his faithful...

...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 ?...fallen ? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? arid if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt...

...had respect unto Abel and to his offering (d) j" and unto Cain he said, " If thou doest well, slmlt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door (e)" May (e ) Elements of Christian Theology. (d) Gen. c. 4. v. 4, (e) Gen. c. 4. v. 7. My argument...

...and thou canst not deny it. " Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?" Gen. xliv. 15. " Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance fallen ?" If thou canst not stand the scrutiny of the righteous, thou shall never stand the judgment of God. Go thy way...

...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...

...expostulation, he adds, which God addressed to Cain, gives strength to this notion. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the doo-\" The original of sin he proposes to render sin-offering : and the last clause would then be,...