Acts 10

Acts 10:1

OF the band,] or Cohort which was a Squadron of Roman footmen to the number of about six hundred, which made the tenth part of a Legion whereof every one as well as the Cohorts had its perticular name.

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Devout,] namely a proselite in beleife, and religion. Not by circumcision, and open profession, which the Romans were forbidden by their Lawes, see upon Matthew 23:15.

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Evidently,] Not in an extasie or rapture of the Spirit, or in a dreame, but waking ocularly, and sensibly The Ninth,] three a clocke in the afternoone, which was one of the houres of daily prayers. Acts 3:1.

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Are come up,] A kinde of speech taken from ancient sacrifices, See Levit. 2. 2. and 24. 7. Psal. 141. 2. To signifie that these worke of piety in Cornelius, had as one should say kept his memory alive before God, and had excited him to remember him, to conferre his full knowledge and grace upon him by his Gospell, after he had prepared him by those Initiall operations of his Spirit.

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Vpon the House,] made in the manner of a terrate according to the custome See Matth. 10. 27. others take it to be a roome, in the vppermost storie of the house as Daniel 6:10 the sixth,] at midday which was also an houre of prayer. Psalms 55:17.

Acts 10:10

Into a trance,] a divine and supurnaturall eleuation of the minde, and abstraction therof from the sences, and Organs of the bodie: to be altogether attentiue to the reuelation which was presented unto him under the following shapes.

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And eate,] indifferentlie without makeing anie difference of meats cleane or uncleane according to the Law Leviticus 11:2. Deuteronomy 14:4. Now it should seem that God had caused that hunger ver. 10. in him, as a fitting preparation, to the vision which hee ment to shew him.

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Common or uncleane,] the Italian Vncleane or dfed,] it should seeme that by these two words, are signified two kindes of uncleannesse whereof one was of all the kinde. the other of some particular, accidentally.

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Worshipped him,] hee did him an hommage not altogether holie as unto God but yet in some parte Religious, as to one of his ministers with Some notable excesse of humilitie corrected by Peter. See Rev. 19. 10. and 22. 8.

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To keepe companie,] by the Law of God this was understood of everie streight bond of matrimonie societie couenant, or familier conversation. but by tradition it was wrested even to eating with them, Acts 11:3. Galatians 2:12 Unto one of,] Namely to a Pagan that was not a Iew Commonor,] in regard of the diversitie of Nations. Now the Apostles and believers knew, as well by the prophecies, as by Christs instructions that the Gentiles should be called, but it appeares that they believed it should be done by being incorporated into the Iewish nation by means of circumcision, of which doubtBeter, and others by him, were now cleared.

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Is no respecter,] that is to say, he judgeth of men, for to accept of them to be his, not for outward respects, as of nation, condition, &c. but for the essentiall ground of piety and of uprightnesse of the heart Now he speaketh not here of that original will and pleasure of God, by which he taketh one into favour, who of himselfe is as unworthy as the other Rom. 9. 11. 1. Cor. 4. 7. but in that consequent degree of his love towards the worke of his grace, in what nation or quality of person soever it be found, to maintaine it, encrease it and make it up.

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The word,] the Italian addeth, According to the word,] that is to say, of which indifferency of nations hee hath given the Iewes cleare instructions by the Gospell, which was first preached unto them, revealing in it the bestowing of his grace now, otherwise then he did under the law Peace,] Namely, the reconciliation of men with God; and the receiving of all nations indifferently into Gods covenant.Isaiah 57:19. Ephes. 2. 14. 16. 17. Colossians 1:20 He is,] the Italian, Who is?] who, or he, hath bin established universall King of the world, and not of one nation onely, wherefore he will also gather his elects out of them all. See Rom. 3. 30. and 10. 12.

Acts 10:38

Annointed,] hath in his humane nature endowed him with the fulnesse of the gifts of his spirit, and hath consecrated his whole person to the office of mediator, which are the two things signified by the ancient annointment Psal. 2. 6, Was with him,] in fulnesse of God-head, as he was everlasting Sonne Col. 2 9. and in power, grace, and favour, as hee was man, and mediator Ioh. 8. 29. and 16 32.

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Of quicke,] as well of them which at his last comming shall bee yet found living, as of them which being dead before, shall bee raised againe. 1 Thessalonians 4:15. SeeRom. 14. 9. 2. Tim. 4. 1. 1. Pet. 4. 5.

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Through his name,] through him, his vertue, and merit, and for his sake.

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The holy Ghost,] his miraculous gifts were in an instant conferred upon some, and that of sanctification, to be of the true elect, and that of common il lumination to all.

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Of the,] Namely, the circumcised Iewes.

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Tongues,] the Italian, Divers tongues,] Namely, strange tongues which before they knew not. See Acts 2:4.

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Can any man,] seeing God hath conferred upon them the toward and spiritual grace, who can hinder us who are his ministers from communicating unto them the externall signe, by joyning of them to the body of the Church.

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Commanded,] that is to say, he appointed them to receive baptisme at his hands.