...shmc forth my praise. Observo now the parallel language of the New Testament. 1 Pet. ii. 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, (Xaos sif irepiTonirfiv) that ye should shotr forth the praises, «.',•<' Eph. ii. 10. For we are...

...to them which stumble at the word, being, disobedient; whercunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should •shew forth the praises of him who bath called you out of darkness into his marvellous...

...week to break bread, and might do so still, even if they had no muiister! Dear me, this ig making them "a chosen generation, a royal Priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people;'' but please to remember they are the "laity," and we preachers are the "Lord's anointed, ''and as to...

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...Christ walketh among them ; remember his presence, and see that you are diligent in your work. They are " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, to show forth the praises of Him that hath called them." And will you neglect them ? What a high honour...

...to them which stumhle at the word, heing disohedient: whereunto also they were appointed. d 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous...

...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, was....

...to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Clirist." And again, verse 9, "Bat ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, thai ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous...

...laws, and has a national establishment and public maintenance. We have thus the complete frame-work of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. Alas! that it should now have become so generally only the framework ! like the magnificent ruins of...

...to prompt us to a life of holiness, we, who profess ourselves Christians, should approve ourselves " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, to show forth the praises of him who has called us out of darkness into his marvellous light." Indeed...