 | 1810 - 596 ページ
...second illustration, he considers the terms "elect", "called", "saints", and the phrases " in Christ" " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people," as used only to distinguish the professors of Christianity from the rest of mankind, particularly from... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 516 ページ
...excellence and perfection ! Answerable to that strong description which St. Peter cites from Moses : " Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people." And such, without all doubt, the. first Christian church which commenced at the day of Pentecost, \vas.... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 454 ページ
...communion with the Father and the Son, living in eternity and walking in eternity. I looked to see " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people," in the whole tenor of their conversation " shewing forth his praise, who had called them into his marvellous... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1812 - 262 ページ
...glorified God, and fell at the feet of his divine benefactor, giving thanks to him. IN short; if we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, what is it for ? that we may .shew forth the praises of him who hath .called us out of darkness into... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1812 - 630 ページ
...25. They arc invested with the honourable titles wjiich the carnal Jews enjoyed ; 1 Pet. ii. 9, 10. " A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, which had not obtained mercy, hut uow have obtained mercy." And in Eph. ii. 19. " They arc no more... | |
 | 1841 - 712 ページ
...praise." How wonderful is that grace by which sinful and guilty creatures become the people of God. They are " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that they should show forth the praises of him who hath called them out of darkness into liis marvellous... | |
 | John Howe - 1813 - 536 ページ
...appointment. We have that expressed in 1 Pet. 2. 9. a place taken from the forementioned, 1 9th of Exodus, Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people : and they are called for this end and purpose ; "to shew forth the praises of him who hath called... | |
 | Wills - 1813 - 266 ページ
...salvation, as receiving the end of their faith, even the salvation of their souls." | He entitles them, " A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people :" § distinctions high as those, to which the new evangelists lay claim. But having dignified them... | |
 | 1814 - 632 ページ
...priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. " Ye are (says the apostle) a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people." I Peter ii.5, 9. The apostle to the Corinthians represents the church as " the temple of the living... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1815 - 308 ページ
...Each master of a family would be the priest of his household; and that whole society would then be " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people." What a blessed state of things ! How very desirable ! How much to be longed after and prayed for! This... | |
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of .darkness into his marvellous light... 
