...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...

...himself, it belonged unto them. So do the words of God to Cain plainly signify. «' If thou dost well unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him," Gen. iv. 7. And when God transferred in prophecy the birthright from Esau to Jacob, he did it in these...

...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 son of Setlt...

...the'creatures. This sentiment is much conn, tenanced by what is said — ' ' If thou dost well, shall thou not be accepted; and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door."H The Hebrew word** translated -t Lev ix 7. $ Ib. xvi. 17. § The force of (his is thought to...

...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...

...said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 7 If thou doest well, shaft thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain...

...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...

...incensed; God condescends to expostulate, and thus he addresses him, ver. 6th. "Why art thou wrath, and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest...and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Here is nothing about the destruction of the offering, either by fire, or in any other way ; nor is...

...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 ? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin licth at the door....

...addresses him, vcr. 6th. " Why art thou wrath, and why is thy countenance fallen ? If thou doest lotll, shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door." Here is nothing about the destruction of the offering, either by fire, or in any other way; nor is...