 religion ' means the love and wor"ship of God and the love and service of man. We believe the "Scripture that of a truth God is no respecter of persons, but that "in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is "accepted of Him.  The Works ...: With Some Account of His Life ... - Side 225af Thomas Sherlock - 1830Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | George Bishop - 1703 - 598 sider
...know, from the least of you to the greatest ; for the Lord is no respecter of persons, but in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted of Him ; who is our hiding-place, and rock of sure defence, for us to flee unto, where we are kept safe in... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1759 - 418 sider
...arifes a Difficulty from the Terms to which St. Peter has limited this Privilege : For he does not fay that Men of all Nations are accepted of God ; but that in every Nation he that feareth God, and worketh Right eoufnefs, is accepted of him. Now, one great End of the Chriftian Religion being... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 390 sider
...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... | |
 | 1813 - 996 sider
...or in ttve Liturgy, Articles, and Homilies of the Church of England. While it r, said in Scripture, that " in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him," we cannot deny the possibility of their salvation who never heard of the name of Christ. But at the... | |
 | John Henry Hobart - 1804 - 316 sider
...mercy of the Saviour is co-extensive with the ruin into which sin has plunged mankind. And *' in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him." But where the gospel is proclaimed, communion with the church by the participation of its ordinances... | |
 | William Linn - 1806 - 232 sider
...mercy of the Saviour is to-extensive with the ruin into which sin has plunged mankind, dnd, in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him." Again, " Separation from the prescrihed government and regular Priesthood of the Church, when it proceeds... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 456 sider
...to, through the mercy of GoD. We will next consider the terms to which he has hmited this privilege. He does not say, that men of all nations are accepted...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 FAITH... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 454 sider
...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 what are... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1812 - 520 sider
...arifes a difficulty from the terms to which St. Peter has limited this privilege ; for he does not fay that men of all nations are accepted of God ; but that in every nation he that fear eth God, andworketh right eoufnefs, is accepted of him. Now, one great end of the Chriftian religion... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock (bp. of London.) - 1812 - 506 sider
...arifes a difficulty from the terms to which St. Peter has limited this privilege : for he does not fay that men of all nations are accepted of God ; but that in every nation he thatfeareth God, andworketh right eoufnefs, is accepted of him. Now, one great end of the Chriftian... | |
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