...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...thou not be accepted ? 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,...

...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?...thou not be accepted? 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...

...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...thou not be accepted ? 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,...

...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...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...

...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....

...variety of passages in the Old Testament, a SIN OFFERING, the read . ing of the passage then becomes, if thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou * Gen. iv. 7. B 3 doest not well, a sin offering lieth even at the door l. The connexion is thus rendered...

...the one, and the rejection of the other, manifestly arose from some moral cause, for it is added, " If thou doest well sha.lt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at thy door." We are further told, that the third son of Adana was named Seth ; that the...

...his offering, he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Lord God said unto Cain, why art thou wroth? and why is thy...fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?" The last question which God put to Cain, affords evidence, that, if Cain had done well, he would have...

...grace vouchsafed. Man, therefore, is not totally depraved. He is a moral agent in his own conversion. " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest ill, sin lieth at thy door" (Gen. iv. 7). " Behold, I set before you a blessing and a curse ; a blessing...