 | Edward Stillingfleet (bp. of Worcester) - 1837 - 370 pages
...opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; hut in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him," Acts x. 34, 35. Wherehy we perceive that God doth not limit the possihility of salvation under the... | |
 | Theyre Townsend Smith - 1838 - 526 pages
...with the presumption of reason, as well as the declaration of the Scripture itself, that " in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him."* But as it is one thing to believe and confess our obligation to the practice of holiness, and another... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1838 - 812 pages
...communication and have a right to the privileges of adoption as well as the Jews, Acts x. 35., " In every nation he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Posilion 2. Adoption takes in both sexes, females as well as males, 2 Cor. vi. 18., " I will be ะป... | |
 | 1839 - 118 pages
...new covenant ? A. How shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? Rom. x. 14. In every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. Acts x. 35. 50. Q. By what name is that religious institution, of which Jesus is the founder, called... | |
 | John Wesley - 1839 - 810 pages
...Contrary to Acts x, 34, 35 : " Of a truth I perceive, that God is no respecter of persons ; but in every nation he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Contrary to experience ; for JR &c, &c, had peace with God, no fear, no doubt, before they had that... | |
 | 1844 - 582 pages
...of peace," St. Peter professed his conviction that " God is no respecter of persons ; but in every nation he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." These declarations are universal ; none are excluded from the offer of mercy ; yet that offer is conditional.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 282 pages
...those, who " deal justly, love mercy, and walk humbly " ? The Scriptures inform me, that " in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him ; " that the man whose delight is the law of the Lord, shall be like " a tree planted by the rivers... | |
 | William Gresley - 1840 - 414 pages
...most important. " Behold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of salvation V " In every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him V There are various forms into which you may throw the same materials. Interrogation is very suitable... | |
 | John Henry Hobart - 1840 - 384 pages
...happened to Cornelius fully convinced him that God was no respecter of persons ; and that in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him." Q. What was St. Peter's conduct in the dispute between the Jewish and Gentile converts ? lAcUli. 41.... | |
 | Reconciler, Robert Weaver - 1841 - 432 pages
...indiscriminately perishing ; but, if the Apostle Peter had thought so, would he have remarked, that " in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him ?" Does not this remark imply, in the connexion of the words at least, that he supposed there were... | |
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Foundation for true interpreting, when he learned from it that, " in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him. 
