Explore "Genesis 4: 3-–-8" by John Newton on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
I: When Adam fell he quickly lost / God's image, which he once possess'd: / See all our nature since could boast, / In Cain, his first-born son, express'd!
II: The sacrifice the Lord ordain'd / In type of the Redeemer's blood / Self-righteous reasoning Cain disdain'd, / And thought his own first-fruits as good.