 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...works themselves are done by the grace of God through his Holy Spirit. For St. Peter says that ' of every nation he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him' (Acts x. 35). And Paul also, ' We cease not to pray for you, that you may walk worthy of the Lord,... | |
 | Samuel Carr - Sermons, English - 1801 - 390 pages
...idea of the superior power of the God of Israel, and, at the same time, demonstrate that great truth, that in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. And, lastly, the Syrian captain might probably be as little -likely to relapse into idolatry in... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 416 pages
...which were narrow and confined, adapted to their peculiar towns, governments, or sects ; but, " in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh " righteousness, is accepted with him." Lastly, It is without hypocrisy ; it appears to be what it really is ; it is all of a piece.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 418 pages
...which were narrow and confined, adapted to their peculiar towns, governments, or sects ; but, " in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh " righteousness, is accepted with him." Lastly, It is without hypocrisy ; it appears to be what it really is -, it is all of a piece.... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1802 - 440 pages
...such a declaration. A much higher church authority than St. Athanasius, the apostle Peter assures us, that " in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." And the great apostle of the Gentiles, St. Paul, seems to hold a very different doctrine ; for... | |
 | William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 402 pages
...His Spirit is our strength.1 The Lord I terve....is just. M. God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him... .Acts x. 34, 35. IT is a common, artful device of the adversary to insinuate, '-' one part of... | |
 | William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 400 pages
...God, •In height and depth and length: His faithfulness I trust, is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with i jiim....Acts x. 34, 35. r. IT is a common, artful device of the adversary to insinuate, '*one part... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1805 - 570 pages
...God. " Contrary to Acts x. 34. 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 bad... | |
 | Robert Adam - Deism - 1809 - 642 pages
...the resurrection of the dead, — and in a future state of rewards and punishments ; and I believe that, in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." For that description of Arianism which is most recent, see the Correspondence between Dr Price... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - Bible - 1810 - 410 pages
...who deny the sacrifice of Christ for our sins. It will be a weak defence, to allege Peter's words, that " in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him;" for Peter uses them in a different sense, otherwise he need not have come to Cornelius ; he meant... | |
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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. 
