 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 814 pages
...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...divine sanctions. " Noah was a just man, and perfect in liih generation ;" and Abraham " was called the friend of God." In the record of his death, the peculiar... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Future punishment - 1826 - 426 pages
...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... | |
 | Abigail F. Mott - Child rearing - 1827 - 144 pages
...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 sensible,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1827 - 548 pages
...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... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - Sacrifice - 1827 - 340 pages
...such diversity. 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. II. Thus runs the scriptural history of the transaction: and thus, in our common English version, runs... | |
 | M. Hurry - 1828 - 146 pages
...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?" Instead of profiting from this reproof, so justly deserved, Cain went out from the presence of the... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1828 - 632 pages
...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... | |
 | John Monaghan - 1829 - 144 pages
...conditional, essential, and effectual. Conditional, because God had said, " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. iv, 7. It is essential, because our eternal interest is suspended on it; for our Lord says, "... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1828 - 666 pages
...said unto Cain, why art thou wroth 1 and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shah 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 and... | |
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. 
