...the Lord God. For, as it is recorded in the Holy Scriptures, by Peter, Acts x. verse 35, that God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. And although they have not the historical knowledge...

...avows before Cornelius and his assembled friends the newly- apprehended truth (34, 35), "that God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness, is accepted of Him." He tells the wondrous story of Christ's life ; and...

...occasion of that visit. He affirms, to those who had assembled in the house of that same man, that God is no respecter of persons, but that, in every nation, he that feareth Him, and workeih righteousness, is accepted with Him. And what is this but a virtual declaration that there...

...time what surprised S. Peter so much. I need hardly tell the baptized members of CHRIST, that " GOD is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted with Him." Be of good courage ; not a hair of your head shall...

...of Christ to the Gentiles. Another Apostle at Joppa was receiving a divine intimation that " God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him." J If we could ascertain the exact chronological arrangement...

...denominations ; for, as members of that Church, we maintain that it is truly Catholic ; that " God is no respecter of persons ; but that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted of Him ; " and thus, that although multitudes may never...

...had heard the word of God; proving how accurately St. Peter had understood his vision when he said " that God was no respecter of persons, but that, in every nation, he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him." I wish you would read again those portions of Scripture...

...free him from prison, but to a Roman centurion also was this goodness shown ; in token that " God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted with Him." So favourably had the prayers and alms of that righteous...

...ordinances they were to which he had been subjected. A most favourite text with them was, that " God is no respecter of persons, but that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted with him;" and they attributed the healthy state of morals...

...eccentricities, alike bear witness, derived from dying confessors, to the Scriptural truth that " God is no respecter of persons ; but that in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him."* (Acts x. 34). Myself an Episcopalian, I am the rather...