...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...

...take out of the midst of this present evil world a body of persons, whom he makes specially his own : they are " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people;" appointed to " shew forth the praises of him, who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous...

...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,...

...breath of God be rendered utterly vain and ineffectual. Are we conscious of our high dignity, as we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ? Are our hearts suitably affected with a sense of the divine goodness, in calling us to be a people,...

...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...

...in prayer, are evidently supposed to be true believers, those whom the Apostle Peter describes as " a chosen generation, a royal " priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people," appointed ** to shew forth the praises of Him •' ;who hath called them out of darkness into " His...

...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...

...second illustration, he considers the terms "elect", "called", "saints", and the phrases " in Christ" " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people," as used only to distinguish the professors of Christianity from the rest of mankind, particularly from...