...generation. God had rejected the others in his eternal counsels ; but themselves he had chosen from eternity. They were a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. As God distinguished the people of Israel of old from all other nations, so he distinguishes true Christians....

...generation. God had rejected the others in his eternal counsels; but themselves he had chosen from eternity. They were a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. As God distinguished the people of Israel of old from all other nations, so he distinguishes true Christians....

...seeming dignity 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....

...cxxxv. 4. " A peculiar people, purified, and zealous of good works ;" Tit. ii. 14. He called you " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of him that hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light....

...and discipline duly executed, I cannot imagine how the case could be better in the church, which is a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people. That every unworthy sentiment and practice may receive a suitable recompense of reward, so far as is competent...

...Exod.xix. 5. Psal. cxxxv. 4. (7.) They are called " kings and priests to God ;" Rev. i. 6. They are a " chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ;" 1 Pet. ii. 9. (8.) The sanctified are called the spouse of Christ ; Cant. iv. 8 — 13. Because...

...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...

...communion with the Father and the Son, " living in eternity, and walking in eternity. " I looked to see ' a chosen generation, a royal " priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ;' '* in the whole tenor of their conversation " ' showing forth his praise who had called " them into...

...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...

...come, when the great body of Christians shall seriously consider that they are Nazarites to God, " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people" (] Pet. 2: 9), then, I trust, they will take into serious consideration the statutes which regulated...