 | George Fox - 1694 - 504 sivua
...they were a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, nn holy nation, n peculiar people, that they should shew forth the praises of him, who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light, ver. 9. And that, as lively stones, they were built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood to oner... | |
 | George Fox - 1803 - 436 sivua
...were a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that they should show forth the praises of Him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light, ver. 9. And that, as lively stones, they were built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 424 sivua
...why God had selected them from the world, as a holy nation and peculiar people, was that they might shew forth the praises of him, who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light." Penitent souls, burdened with a sense of sin and guilt, are afflicted with a view of their own danger... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 644 sivua
...gentilism to the faith of. the gospel, as indeed they plainly were. For he there says, they were to show forth the praises of him, who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light." To all which might be added, what was hinted before, that the persons to whom Peter writes were, for... | |
 | Alexander Stewart - 1815 - 38 sivua
...and comfort, to the temporal and spiritual benefit of their fellow-creatures, and to the praise ef him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light. I thought it right often to caution them against judging of their state16 by transient impressions... | |
 | 1836 - 790 sivua
...musing, the fire kindled, and at length they spake with their tongues, and showed forth in their lives the praises of Him who had called them out of darkness into this clear knowledge, and ardent love of himself, and his Son Jesus Christ. Brethren, this example... | |
 | David Cranz - 1820 - 728 sivua
...vicious as themselves, who were become new creatures through the grace of Jesus, and freely showed forth the praises of him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light. Torngarsuk, or as he expressed himself, he was also god; not indeed over believers, who had committed... | |
 | Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 sivua
...and that its votaries were made a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a peculiar people, to show forth the praises of him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light. The counsels and exhortations of the Epistle are such as we might reasonably expect from a man of God;... | |
 | Thomas Adam - 1822 - 562 sivua
...that they were " a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, to show forth the praises of him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light." Have these words no meaning? or can they possibly belong to any who are ignorant, unawakened, or unconverted,... | |
 | 1842 - 1128 sivua
...and infant voices, uniting in the swelling chorus of their worshipping parents, were heard " showing forth the praises of Him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous light." Seek we farther evidence ? It is presented in our own individual experience. " Ye were some time darkness,... | |
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Word, that ye may grow thereby,' 1 Pet. ii. 2. And he tells them they were a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that they should show forth the praises of Him who had called them out of darkness into his marvellous... 
