| John Pearson - Apostles' Creed - 1832 - 652 pages
...world. Upon the first remarkable action after the fall, there is a sufficient intimation given to angry Cain : " If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ;" (Gen. iv. 7.) which by the most ancient interpretation signifieth a reservation of his sin unto... | |
| Jews - 1832 - 592 pages
...of the condescending expostulation of God, "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 ' — in spite of this expostulation, which sufficiently explained to him, why he had not obtained... | |
| British preacher - 1832 - 342 pages
...sinner to apply to the atonement : for such I consider the language of the Lord to Cain, Gen. iv. 7 : "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ;" or, as it might be rendered, " a sin-offering croucheth at the door : that is, as if the Lord said,... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...holiness with sobriety. 1 Tim. ii. 15. Thy desire, &c.] If thou doest well {said the Lord to Cain) shalt thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door ; and unto thee ••',•/// be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Gen. iv. 7. Rule over thee,... | |
| John Watkins - 1833 - 526 pages
...condescended to reason thus 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... | |
| Charles Walker - Apostles - 1833 - 108 pages
...said unto Cain, why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And Cain talked with Abel, his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - Apologetics - 1833 - 572 pages
...consequences of vice, and happiness the sure result of obedience and virtue. " If thou doest well, shall thou not be accepted ? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door :" Gen. iv, 7. " Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him ; for they shall eat the fruit... | |
| Daniel Negron - 2005 - 478 pages
...mankind, set forth in the Bible, where the first reference to the term "sin" appears in Genesis 4:7: 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 Mm. As God poses the rhetorical question... | |
| Linda Lee - Religion - 2005 - 206 pages
...Gen. 4:6-7 says, "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." (And if he sins...) "unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. If sin rules over... | |
| Marjorie Smith - Family & Relationships - 2005 - 202 pages
...countenance fell. 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. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother:... | |
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