"At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God." (Acts 10:1–2)

"When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death." (Westminster Shorter Catechism)

"My eyes long for your promise;I ask, 'When will you comfort me?'"(Psalm 119:82)

"God's works of providence are his most holy, wise and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions."(Westminster Shorter Catechism)