...compaffion on the fon of her womb ? Yea they may forget, yet will 1 not forget thee. If. xlix. 14, NOW the people of God : which HAD NOT obtained mercy, but NOW HAVB obtained mercy [3y be'ieiiing, | I Pet. ii. 9, 10. 2. Therefore the children of Ifrael could not...

...here, are ftill longing to be in that ftate where they fbull do it better. Ver. 1o. Which in time pajl were not a people, but are now the people of God : Which bad not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. THE love of God to bis children is the great iubject...

...Chrift :" So the apoftle Peter, in I Pet. ii. 10. " Which in time paft were not a people, but " now are the people of God ; which had not obtained mercy, " but now have obtained mercy." The fall made a fearful breach betwixt God and man. Sin, like a thick cloud, intercepted all the beams...

...who hath called you out of darkneis iu' to his marvellous light *.' ' Who in time paft (he adds) ' were not a people, but are now the people of ' God...not obtained mercy, but now ' have obtained mercy.' The Lord God formed their bodies and their fpirits within them ; he endowed them with various privileges,...

...the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous ligltt which in time past were not a people but are now the people of God which...had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy, f f 1 Peter. 2. 9. 10. 23 Sermon 2. JESUS IN- H1S PRIESTLY OFFICE. Preached before the administration...

...praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light : 10 Which in time past "were not a people, but are now the people of God...had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war...

...refemble true believers in Chrift. But it is further added, "which in time paft were not a people,-but are now the people of God, which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." , they hold their lands* . . * . If what has been obferved already from the laft will and teftament...

...out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 VVLich in time past titre not a people, but arc now the the people of God : which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 ^f Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war...

...Him " who hath called us out of darkness into His " marvellous light ; which in time past were npt " a people, but are now the people of God ; " which had not obtained mercy, but JQOW have " obtained mercy." Let us recollect what we were by nature, and what we are become through...

...blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy. 1 Pet. ii. 10. Which in time past -were not a people, but are now the people of God: -which had not Stained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. This phrase of obtaining mercy speaks forth, 1. That the...