 | George Bishop - 1703 - 598 pages
...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... | |
 | 1794 - 518 pages
..., and, as. Masons, we only pursue the univeisal religion, the religion of nature. that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted of him. All...the rule of right written by the Almighty upon the tablets of the heart, who da fear him, and work righteousness, iue are to acknowledge as brethren ;... | |
 | William Hutchinson - 1795 - 386 pages
...religion of nature. Worshippers of the God of mercy, vie believe that in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted of him. All Masons, therefore, whether Christians, Jews, Makcinedatts, who violate not the rule of aright, written by the ALMIGHTY upon the tables of the heart;... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 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... | |
 | 1813 - 996 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 FAITH... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 454 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1811 - 444 pages
...writer, to think that Christian morality is little, if any, better than that of the pagans ; but I believe that in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness according to the measure of the light he enjoys, is now, and was in all former ages accepted of him.... | |
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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. 
