...view to the peace of the church. Psal. Ixxii. 1. ' give the king thy judgments — .' Jer. xxix. 7. ' seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto Jehovah for it ; for in the peace thereof ye shall have peace.' 1 Tim- ii. 1, 2. ' for kings, and for...

...a view to the peace of the church. Psal. Ixxii. 1. give the king thy judgements — . Jer. xxix. 7. seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto Jehovah for it ; for in the peace thereof ye thall have peace. 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2. for kings, and for...

...the prophet, " to seek the |>eace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried uway captive, and pray unto the Lord for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace" — how much more from attachment to their beloved native country, and value for tbnr Christian privileges,...

...For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour c. And seek the peace of the city d. And pray unto the Lord for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace e. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another f. The effectual fervent prayer of...

...the Church at large. Ps. cxxii. 6. The second is in Jer. xxix. 7 : Seek the peace of the city whither /have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it. In all these passages, (the whole number of those, in which the subject is mentioned, until after the...

...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 51 For thus saith the Lo RD of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets and your diviners,...

...him bread to eat: and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink, &c. — Prov. xxv. 21. Rom. xii. 20. Seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused...carried away captives : and pray unto the Lord for it. — Jer. xxix. 7. I say unto you, Love your enemies : bless them that curse you : do good to them that...

...Israelites, who were captives at Babylon, it is said, " thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray onto the Lord for it ; for in the peace there170 IS22.] 171 of, ye shall have peace." And in the passage...

...Christian church, to be local and temporary. The Jews in their Babylonian bondage were directed of God to " seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and to pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." This practice of prayer...

...for the welfare of that heathen state, under which they Jived in captivity. ' And seek,' said he, • the peace of the city whither I have caused you to...it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.' And for the like cause the Christians of old deemed themselves bound to pray for the Gentile magistrates...