 | William Paley - 1830 - 392 pàgines
...and import ; they were * elect,' ' called,' ( saints ; ' || they were ' in Christ ; ' IT they were ' a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.'** * Mark, xvi. 16. t Acts, xxii. 16. t Ib ii. 38. « Titus, iii. 5. II Rom. viii. 33. ; i. G. 7. ITviii.... | |
 | John Wesley - 1830 - 568 pàgines
...is raising up those of every age- and degree, young men and maidens, old men and children, to be " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; to show forth his praise, who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous light." And we have... | |
 | Francis Geach Crossman - 1830 - 366 pàgines
...be. God grant that at some future period of my ministerial charge, I may be able to address you as "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people !" these are hallowed names, that ring like the sweetest melody through the heart. Oh! pray that such... | |
 | John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 pàgines
...in which sense, all Christians, by virtue of their baptism, are a holy people unto the LORD. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, says St. Peter : and, generally, in the Acts of the Apostles, and in the epistles, Christians are addressed... | |
 | Henry Moore - 1830 - 468 pàgines
...acceptable to God by Christ Jesus. To those who thus believe, He is precious ! " And they are to Him " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people;" and their employment is, " to show forth, His praises, who has called them out of darkness into, his... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 590 pàgines
...priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices unto God, which shall be acceptable by Jesus Christ. They are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people that they should shew forth the praises of him who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 606 pàgines
...spirit, serving the Lord ; to be a peculiar people, zealous of good works; to pray continually; to be a chosen generation, a royal priesthood a holy nation, a peculiar people, to show forth the praises of him that hath called us, and offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable... | |
 | 1831 - 512 pàgines
...first love, I could expect nothing less than that all these would have lived like angels here below ; I looked to see a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. But instead of this, it brought forth error in ten thousand shapes. It brought forth enthusiasm, imaginary... | |
 | Thomas Dale - 1831 - 400 pàgines
...be valueless were there none to obey ; but the people of God are, without preference or distinction, "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ;" and their riches and their glory will be ever the same — "that they show forth the praises of... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - 1831 - 464 pàgines
...instrumentality of their fellow beings, and that God has appointed those that know and love him, to be a " chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that they might show forth the praises of Him, who called them out of darkness into marvellous light... | |
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people... 
