...door-keepers and the sweepers of the floor were Levites. But if we are Christ's, we each belong to " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people." He hath made all that are washed in his own blood " Kings and Priests " unto God. Every Christian must...

...household of faith,' Gal. vi. 10. Peter in his general epistle tells the church of Christ, they were 'a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people,' 1 Pet. ii. 9. And that as lively stones, they were built up ' a spiritual house, an holy priesthood,...

...foundation which God hath laid in £ion ; and the united ef-** **» forts of earth and hell to raze or overturn it, will be scattered as chaff and stubble,...conscious of our high dignity, as we are a chosen gene-9) L0 ration, a royal priesthood, a holi/ nation, a peculiar people ? are our hearts suitably...

...that foundation which God hath laid in Zion ; and the united ef-6 8' forts of earth and hell to raze or overturn it, will be scattered as chaff and stubble,...vain and ineffectual. Are we conscious of our high dignify, as we are a chosen gene- 9> L0 ration, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...

...that foun dation which God hath laid 6 8 MI Zion ; and the united efforts of earth and hell to raze or overturn it, will be scattered as chaff and stubble,...conscious of our high dignity, as we are a chosen gen~ 9 10 eration, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ? are our hearts suitably affected...

...6 8 in Z'on ; and the united efforts of earth and hell to raze or overturn it, will be scattered ay chaff and stubble, and by the breath of God be rendered...conscious of our high dignity, as we are a chosen gen- 9 10 f ration, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ? are our hearts suitably...

...people : Titus ii. 14. and, 1 Pet. ii. 9. they are called by many special and discriminating titles : a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people : they are called his portion, and the lot of his inheritance : Deut. xxxii. 9. The Lord's portion...

...xliii. 21. See what a gr?at preambl- the apostle makes to this matter of pr lise ; 1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should ahevr forth the prifises of him that hath coiled you into his marvelleat light. What...

...kings, that they may do only his will, and conduct themselves to his glory : Peter saith to them, " Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should show forth the praises of him who halh called you out of darkness into his marvellous...

...create a party, even in religion. But the Lord God, having appointed for himself an everlasting people, a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that they might shew forth his praise, hath made Iris will known to them, and thus also the proper...