...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...

...of 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...

...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...

...which he has hmited this privilege. He does not say, that men of all nations are accepted of GoD, but that in every nation he that feareth GoD and worketh righteousness is accepted of him. The meaning of this will be best explained from a text in one of St. Paul's Epistles*, " Without...

...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 ;...

...also : that he is " rich in mercy to all that call upon him," according to the light they have : and that in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him." 4. But to return. This is the Nature of that Love, whereof the Apostle is here speaking. But...

...To love God above " all, and our neighbour as ourselves ? as well as with the words " of St. Peter, That in every nation he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness is accepted of God."* This query is the same with Herbert's seventh and last persuasive to Deism, which we have...

...To love God above " all, and our neighbour as ourselves ? as well as with the words " of St. Peter, That in every nation he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness is accepted of God."* This query is the same with Herbert's seventh and last persuasive to Deism, which we have...

...truth : not merely the descendants of Jacob, to which the worship of the Deity has been confined, but that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him." This was the worship which Jesus proposed should be paid to the Father, as a substitute for...

...to dwell on the face of the whole earth, Acts xvii. 26.— That he is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him, Acts x. 34, 35.—That he is alike related to all the children of men, as their Creator, Preserver,...