which gave much Alms to the people, and prayed to God always: He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day, an Angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him; Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, what is it, Lord? and he said unto him, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Vers. 30. 31. And Cornelius said, four days ago I was fasting until this hour (that is, until about three a clock in the after-noon, vers. 3.) and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold a man stood before me in bright clothing, ⟨p. 39⟩and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine Alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. Mark, as he was praying in his house, namely, by himself alone, a man in bright clothing (that was an Angel in mans shape, vers. 3.) appeared to him, and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard; he doth not mean only that prayer which he made when he fasted and humbled himself before the Lord, vers. 30. 31. but (as vers. 2, 3, 4. shows (His prayers) his prayers which he made alone; for it seems, none else were with him then, for he only saw that man in bright clothing, and to him alone the Angel addressed his present speech, saying, Cornelius, thy prayers are heard, vers. 4, 31. Here you see that Cornelius his private prayers are not only heard, but kindly remembered, and graciously accepted, and gloriously rewarded. Praying Cornelius is not only remembered by God, but he is also visited sensibly and evidently by an Angel, and assured that his private prayers ⟨p. 40⟩and good deeds are an odour, a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable and well pleasing to God. And so when had Peter his Vision, but when he was praying alone on the housetop? Acts 10. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the City, Peter went up unto the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour. And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain Vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet, knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth, wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
which gave much Alms to the people, and prayed to God alwayes: He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth houre of the day, an Angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him; Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, what is it, Lord? and he said unto him, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Vers. 30. 31. And Cornelius said, four dayes agoe I was fasting until this hour (that is, until about three a clock in the after-noon, vers. 3.) and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold a man stood before me in bright cloathing, ⟨p. 39⟩and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine Alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. Mark, as he was praying in his house, namely, by himself alone, a man in bright clothing (that was an Angel in mans shape, vers. 3.) appeared to him, and said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard; he doth not mean only that prayer which he made when he fasted and humbled himself before the Lord, vers. 30. 31. but (as vers. 2, 3, 4. shews (His prayers) his prayers which he made alone; for it seemes, none else were with him then, for he only saw that man in bright cloathing, and to him alone the Angel addressed his present speech, saying, Cornelius, thy prayers are heard, vers. 4, 31. Here you see that Cornelius his private prayers are not only heard, but kindly remembred, and graciously accepted, and gloriously rewarded. Praying Cornelius is not only remembred by God, but he is also visited sensibly and evidently by an Angel, and assured that his private prayers ⟨p. 40⟩and good deeds are an odour, a sweet smel, a sacrifice acceptable and well pleasing to God. And so when had Peter his Vision, but when he was praying alone on the housetop? Acts 10. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the City, Peter went up unto the house-top to pray, about the sxith hour. And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain Vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet, knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth, wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
