...and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God ye endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory...ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. (1 Peter ii. 13—20.) If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my...

...grief, " suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, " when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye take " it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and...because Christ also suffered " for us, leaving us an example, that ye should " follow his steps." The Apostle does not at all appear to consider, even...

...good, and lend, hoping for nothing again. Lu. vi. 33 — 35. What glory is it, if, when ye be buffetted harles Lambert Coghlan when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself...

...encourage them in this well-doing he .says, " For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience sake towards God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory...suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable to God." (1 Pet. ii. 18—20.) Doty to We are told by St. Paul, (Rom. xiii. 1 — nun,fcc. 7,) "to...

...duty. " And this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. What glory is it. if, when ye be buffeted for your...ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God." The condition was dreadful, owing to the depth, and dreariness, and unwholesomeness, and foulness of...

...avoided — [This is conceded in my text ; and in other parts of this epistle is plainly intimated : " This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward...acceptable with God : for even hereunto were ye called*." Now, here it is intimated, not that we may suffer though we do well, and maintain a good conscience...

...subject to your masters with all fear ; not only to the good and' gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward...called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving as an example, that ye should follow his steps ; who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth...

...I am meek and lowly in heart. Hence, his apostle asks, "What glory is it, if, when ye be buffetted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if,...called; because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth ;...

...read the passage ; here it is. AN. " For what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye take it patiently ? But if when ye do well and suffer...called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps ; who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth ;...

...punishment by Christianity, this passage, — " Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, <tc. What glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults...for it ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God."t Some arguments disprove the doctrine which they are advanced to support, and this surely is...