...withstand God1?" This silenced all their scruples; for it is said, " they held their peace andglorified God, saying, then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life."* ' * When Saul of Tarsus was called by divine grace to the knowledge of the truth, he, at the' same...

...they supposed and believed that God had given them saving repentance, and an heart-purifying faith. Acts xi. 18. " When they heard these things, they...peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also granted unto the Gentiles REPENTANCE unto LIFE." Chap. xv. 9. '- And put no difference between us and...

...believed on thé Lord Jésus Christ, what was I, that I could withstand God? 18 When they heard thèse things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to thé Gentiles granted repentance unto life. 19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon thé persécution...

...to have refused doing his part towards initiating them into the church by baptism. When the Apostles heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified GOD, saying, Then had GOD also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. It was related, that when the persecution...

...yet, when they heard that the Holy Ghost was fallen upon those converts, they were much surprised, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted, (the benefit of,) repentance unto, (eternal,) life; which, before this, they verily believed, could...

...not i«ll out only in commending them for what they had done, but in commending the grace of God : " When they heard these things, they held their peace,...also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." It is God that they glorify as the cause of it; not commending the Gentiles for wise and discreet persons,...

...Cornelius. When Peter had distinctly rehearsed this matter to the christian brethren at Jesusalem, they glorified God, saying, "Then hath God also to the gentiles granted repentance unto life." Repentance, it appears, is a heavenly gift, a rich grant from the Father of mercies. In the prophecy...

...gift, as he did unto us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I could withstand God ? When they heard these things, they held their peace,...hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto lifed. SECT. 9. Preached unto all the Gentiles. Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution...

...Christ, What pas J that I should withstand God** This silenced all their scruples ; for it is said, " they held their peace and glorified God, saying, then...also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." f When Saul of Tarsus was called by divine grace to the knowledge of the truth, he at the same time...

...for neglecting to obey the same command. When the result of Peter's mission was known, the Apostles " Glorified God, saying, then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." The gospel was no longer confined to one nation. To extend its benefits among the heathen, a special...