 | William Magee - 1825 - 548 pages
...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... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 696 pages
...clause f . AD 4l. ACTS x. 35—43. AD 41. c If thoa doest well, ehalt thou not be accepted? ала if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door : And unto thee shall he hie desire, and thou shalt rule over him, Gen. iv. 7. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 472 pages
...come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring,' &c. The duties of brethren and kinsmen. Gen. iv. 7. ' unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.' xiii. 8. ' let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me... for we be brethren.' xxix. 11.... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pages
...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... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...unto 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 why is thy countenance fallen ? ^u^.thc 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not || be accepted ? and ttttu'tS* cl l^ thou doest not... | |
 | 1826 - 608 pages
...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... | |
 | 1822 - 814 pages
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 426 pages
...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... | |
 | John Edward Nassau Molesworth - 1826 - 170 pages
...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."... | |
 | 1826 - 568 pages
...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... | |
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And the Lord 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. 
