 | 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 712
...the inheritance of God's promises. It belongs not to nature, but to grace j it is the privilege of the " chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people," whom God by his grace, has called into the fellowship of his Son Christ Jesus our Lord. But, 2. Behold... | |
 | Thomas Griffith - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 518
...kingdom of heaven! O the nobility of conduct which should mark the elect of God, the sanctified ones; the chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people, that we may show forth the praises of Him who hath called us out of darkness into his marvellous light!—and... | |
 | British preacher - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...5. Every faithful Christian, then, is one of the caste of the spiritual priesthood ; he is one of " the chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people," 1 Pet. ii. 9. He can go in and out of the sanctuary before God, to present his body cleansed by the... | |
 | Andrew Coventry Dick, Voluntary Church Association, Edinburgh - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 166
...present with the past, — the spirituality of the new covenant reign with the worldliness of the old ; the " chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people," being no longer, as formerly, one particular separated tribe of men, but true believers of every kindred.... | |
 | 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...succeeded the Jews, and to which Christianity now belongs as its instituted system of faith and worship, is the ' chosen generation,' the ' royal priesthood,' the ' holy nation,' the ' peculiar people,' consisting of true believers in every country.' " Dr. Wardlaw lays much stress upon this, which indeed... | |
 | Altar - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...praise ; considering both from what, and to what Thou hast called us, and walking ever in the steps of the chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people, who shall glorify Thee in Christ Jesus, world without end. Amen. 22nd. Wherefore the rather, brethren,... | |
 | Hugh McNeile - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...succeeded the Jews, and to which Christianity now belongs as its instituted system of faith and worship, is the ' chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people,' consisting of true believers in every country."4 Much stress is laid on this ; and, indeed, it seems... | |
 | 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...not made with hands, in whom dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, and all Christians with Him are the chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people ; and all those who are led by the Holy Spirit to the living stone, which is Christ, are, as living... | |
 | 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 822
...Doctor says, that " the nation to which Christianity now belongs as its instituted faith and worship, is the ' chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people,' consisting of true believers in every country." This is mere dogmatical repetition ; and we refer to... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 64
..."the lot of their inheritance," and all enjoying their respective shares in it,—so shall it be with the " chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people," whom God hath " called out of darkness into his marvellous light." They shall all " stand in their... | |
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They, however, still assembled and prayed in private dwellings, and still persisted in considering themselves as the chosen generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the peculiar people, which, amidst the common degeneracy, alone preserved the... 
