CHAPTER XXV. 369, 44. Q. Whowas this Dorcas ? A. She was a woman full sf goodworks, and who made garments for the poor ; Verses 36-39. 45. Q. What was the effect of these miracles? A. Many at Lydda and Joppa believed and turned to the Lord ; Verses 35, 42. 46. Q. What message did Peter receive while he was at Joppa ? A. Cornelius, a centurion, that feared Godand prayed to him daily, was ordered by an angel in a vision, to send to Joppa for Peter, that he might teach him the way of salvation ? Acts x. 1 -6. 47. Q. DidPeter readily go upon this message, and preach to Cornelius, who was one of the Gentiles ? A. Peter, being a Jew, would have thought it unlawful to keep company with the Gentiles; that is, to go and sojourn, and eat with them in a familiar manner, as thinking them unclean: But God forewarned him in a vision, just before the messengers came to him, that he should freely go and preach to the Gentiles who sent for him ; Verses 19, 20, 28, 29. 48. Q. What sort of vision was this, whereby God fore- warned Peter, that the Gentiles should not be judged unclean any longer ? A. While the messengersof Cornelius drew near the city, Peter went upon the house-top to pray ; and there was a great sheet appeared to be let down from heaven, with all man- ner of unclean beasts and birds, and creeping things ; and a voice bid Peter kill and eat, nor call those things unclean which Godhad cleansed ; Verses 9, 20. Note, By this vision Peter seems to have been taught these two things at once ; viz. He was taught literally and expressly, that there were no more Jewish distinctions of meats to be ob- served ; and he was taught by way of emblem, that the Gen. tiles should no longer be counted unclean, or unfit for Jews fa- miliarly to eat and converse with. 49. Q. How didPeter begin his sermon to Cornelius and his friends ? A. " Of a truth I perceive that God is no re- specter of persons ; but in every nation, he that feareth God, and worketh righteousness, is accepted of him ;" Verses 34,'35. 50. Q. What was the chief substance of his discourse ? A. He preached the life and death, and resurrection of Christ ; and that he was ordained to be the judge of the world, and that whosoever believed' in him, should have remission of sins ; Vet?. ses 36-43. 51. Q. Had this sermon of Peter any remarkable success?.. A. While Peter spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all that were present; and they spake with tongues, and were bap- tized in the name of the Lord ; Verses 44-18. 52. Q. How did Peter defend'himself for conversing so l eatingwith the Gentiles, when the Jewish believers VQ,., p, o o
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