 | John Watkins - 1833 - 526 pages
...with 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 thy door ;" that is, it remaineth as thy own fault to condemn thee. A fair choice was here set before... | |
 | William Symington - Atonement - 1834 - 464 pages
...common version, that expostulation runs in the following terms :— ' If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.' To this translation it may fairly be objected that it conveys no very satisfactory meaning ; that it... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - Theology - 1839 - 622 pages
...works, Rom. iv. 4; and according to its tenor, the Lord dealt with him. " If thou doest well shall thou not be accepted ; and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Gen. iv. 7 ; Rom. x. 5 ; Gal. iii. 12. Cain's work testified what were his principles ; and they were... | |
 | Bible - 1834 - 274 pages
...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. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother:... | |
 | Theology - 1835 - 424 pages
...condition of acceptance ever named in Scripture. God said unto Cain, " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Remember all the promises to the chosen people of full blessing on these same terms. Remember that... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - Bible - 1835 - 652 pages
...never speak of a flock without mentioning what is its kind. 7. — " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." D'Oyly and Mant interpret this, " Your sin will find you out." " Thy punishment is not far off." They... | |
 | 1835 - 562 pages
...occasioned to commentators not a little perplexity. ' Gen. iv. 1. " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." ' There are some who affect to smile at the idea of sin lying at the door: it is, however, an Eastern... | |
 | Joseph Roberts - 1835 - 656 pages
...never speak of a flock without mentioning what is its kind. 7. — " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." D'Oyly and Mant interpret this, " Your sin will find you out." " Thy punishment is not far off." They... | |
 | William Henry C. Grey - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1835 - 592 pages
...; and even the admonitory warning given by the Almighty to Cain,—" If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door," was lost upon him ; for forthwith he went from the divine presence, and, in a fit of jealousy, abusing... | |
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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. 
