 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1838 - 456 páginas
...the highest piety, or the strictest morals. Cornelius, the divinely-favoured centurion, is described as a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house. Bravery, tempered by mercy, controlled by discipline, and sustained by principle, loyalty unshaken,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 282 páginas
...children of men. Such instances are found in the New Testament. Cornelius, though a heathen, is commended as " a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." And Lydia, a seller of purple,... | |
 | Alexander Watson - 1845 - 528 páginas
...Cornelius, who is usually said to have been the first convert from among the Gentiles. He is described as " a devout man, and one that feared GOD with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to GOD alway." Or, once more, the persecutor... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1847 - 104 páginas
...combination of the Christian in His personal and domestic religion, than that which describes " Cornelius as a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to Godalway."1 There can be no doubt but this... | |
 | 1855 - 550 páginas
...offered, so that these shall not be in vain, nor made worse than vain. The text speaks of Cornelius as " a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." His alms-giving has a double interest... | |
 | John Cumming - 1856 - 640 páginas
...them white in the blood of the Lamb. This Cornelius, the soldier or the officer, is described here as " a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." Some say he was a Christian —... | |
 | 1856 - 598 páginas
...offered, so that these shall not be in vain, nor made worse than vain. The text speaks of Cornelius as " a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." His alms-giving has a double interest... | |
 | 1858 - 1094 páginas
...offered, so that these shall not be in vain, nor made worse than vain. The text speaks of Cornelius as " a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." His alms-giving has a double interest... | |
 | Edward Meyrick Goulburn - 1863 - 74 páginas
...the sketch of the life of Cornelius, drawn by the Evangelist, has the same features. He is described as " a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house" — (so much for his general character ; now for the particular exercises by which, the character... | |
 | Edward Meyrick Goulburn - 1865 - 484 páginas
...the sketch of the life of Cornelius, drawn by the Evangelist, has the same features. He is described as " a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house" — (so much for his general character ; now for the particular exercises by which the character... | |
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The inspired record describes him as "a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. 
