...you that t will pray the Father for you ; for the Father himself loveih you.' — John xvi. 26; 27. Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.' ' Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he who fear' eth him....

...2. ...And when he locked on him he was afraid, and faid, What is it, Lord ? And !v f<»id unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now fend men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whofe furaacne is Peter ; he (ha!! tall thee what...

...people, and prayed to God alway. Acts x. 3. He saw an angel coming unto him, saying unto him, Ver. 4. Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. See Prov. xxi. 13. CLXXIII. Prayer must be frequent, fervent and importunate. Ps. v. 3. My voice shalt...

...which he had received, feared God ; and had wrought his family to an orderly and religious course. X. 4 Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Thy prayers, which thou hast made unto God, proceeding from such weak and imperfect (though true) faith,...

...his " house, gave much alms to the people, and " prayed to God alway :" and when the angel said, " Thy prayers and thine alms are come up " for a memorial before God." Yet Peter was sent to " tell him words, whereby he and his " house might be saved." — Perhaps there...

...which caused me sore conflict. 19. In my solitary walk to visit the poor, the address of the angel to Cornelius, " Thy prayers " and thine alms are come up for a memorial before " God," sweetly impressed my mind ; not that I believed, it applicable to myself, well knowing how improperly...

...that which is written of one who could not then believe, for he had not so much as heard the gospel : Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Thursday 26, I shewed, concerning the Holy Scriptures, 1. That to search, fe read and hear them, is...

...is plain from Acts x. * compared with verse 31. In the former of these passages, the ungel says to Cornelius, " Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God;" in the latter, Cornelius, rehearsing the angel's words to Peter, delivers them thus : " Thy prayer...

...most glorious and celestial place : Hear thou in -heaven*: Hence we have that expression, Acts x. 4. Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Certainly, if our prayers should not be heard till they come to heaven, they are so weak and faint,...

...Cornelius ; And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, LoR» ? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before GoD. And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter. He Ipdgeth with one Simon...