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I. THE PREPARATION FOR IT.

1. With the household, an earnest desire for salvation.

2. With the minister, a holy impulse honest exhibition of the state of their heart.

II. On the part of the pastor, a powerful testimony of Christ and His salvation.

III. THE FRUIT THEREOF.

1. For the hearers; strengthening and vivification by the Holy Ghost.

2. For the minister; joy in the Lord over rescued souls and the increase of His kingdom.

(K. Gerok.)

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KJV: And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

WEB: On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.