| Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1821 - 574 pages
...will chase away those follies that the world doats upon, as unworthy to be taken notice of. Ver. 9- But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,...; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. , O IT is a matter of very great consolation... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1822 - 398 pages
...forgetful hearer, , but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in hia deed. James i. 18, 22 — 25. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,...called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 Peter ii. 9 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. But the anointing which... | |
| Edward John Burrow - 1822 - 594 pages
...Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thnu hast chosen. 1 Pet. ii. 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.... | |
| Robert Leighton - 1822 - 576 pages
...those follies that the world dotes upon, as unworthy to be taken notice of by such a soul. Ver. 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath catted you out of darkness into his marvellous light.... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 554 pages
...;" and the people obeyed. And these very words are spoken to the Christian church : " Ye are a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him, that hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light." That is, God reigns over all Christendom,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 544 pages
...;" and the people obeyed. And these very words are spoken to the Christian church : " Ye are a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of Him, that hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light." That is, God reigns over all Christendom,... | |
| Thomas Adam - 1822 - 562 pages
...appointed 394 SERMON XXIV. 1 PETER, ii. 9. 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 420 SERMON XXV. 1 PETER, ii. 10. Which in... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 494 pages
...divine things. The apostle Peter conveys the same sentiment in what he says to christians in general. " But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light."... | |
| Greville Ewing - 1824 - 268 pages
...all the privileges of Abraham's seed, who is thus made a father of many nations. 1 Pet. ii. 9, 10. "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,...; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light : which in time past were not a people, but... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...glory that God has conferred upon his people ; therefore they must exercise and improve their grace. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous H'jht,... | |
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