PART I. Of the duties of rulers in the christian church, page 655. CHAPTER I. The appel-
lation given to rulers in the christian church, "elders," 655. 1. The origin and mean-
ing of the appellation, 655. § 2. Qualifications of christian elders, 659. § 3. Of the
manner in which elders were invested with office, 659. CHAPTER II. Of the duties of
christian elders, 660. 1. Of the figurative terms in which these duties are described,
660. § 2. Of the duties themselves, 661. (1.) Instruction, 661. (2.) Superintendence,
665. CHAPTER III. Of the manner in which these duties are to be performed, 668. §1.
Not by constraint, but willingly, 668. § 2. Not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,
670. § 3. Not as lords of God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock, 673. CHAP-
TER IV. Of the motives to these duties, 675. § Motives suggested by the apostle's
reference to himself, 675. (1.) He was also an elder, 676. (2.) He was a witness of
the sufferings of Christ, 677. (3.) He was a partaker of the glory to be revealed, 679.
§ 2. Motives from considerations referring to the church, 680. (1.) It is the flock of God,
680. (2.) It is God's heritage, 681. § 3. Motives from considerations referring to the
office-bearers themselves, 682. (1.) The reward of the faithful elder, 682. (2.) The
doom of the unfaithful christian elder, 684. PART II. Of the duties of the members of
the christian church to their office-bearers, 685. § 1. Preliminary requisites to the dis-
charge of the duty of subjection to elders, 690. (1.) Conviction of the divine authority
of church order, 690. (2.) Personal respect for those invested with office, 691. § 2.
Subjection to the elders as teachers, 691. § 3. Submission to the elders as superintend-
ents, 693. (1.) Submission to the eldership as a body, 693. (2.) Submission to the elders
as individuals, 695. PART III. Of the duty which all in a christian church owe to each
other: "mutual subjection," 698. CHAPTER I. Of the mutual subjection which all in a chris-
tian church owe to each other, 699. § 1. What this does not imply, 699. § 2. What it
does imply, 700. CHAPTER II. Of the means of performing this duty, the being
clothed with humility," 703. § 1. Humility explained, 703. § 2. The tendency of hu-
mility to secure mutual subjection, 705. CHAPTER III. Of the motive urging Christians
to cultivate humility, 706. NOTES, 710.
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PART I. First view of affliction, page 715. § 1. Affliction is subjection to the mighty
hand of God, 715. § 2. Our duty in affliction is to humble ourselves under the mighty
hand of God, 719. (1.) As creatures under the hand of their Creator, 720. (2.) As
subjects under the hand of their sovereign, rebel subjects under the hand of their
righteously-offended Sovereign, 720. (3.) As children under the hand of their Father,
721. § 3. Motives to humbling ourselves under the mighty hand of God, 721. (1.) It
is a part of the humility which God so complacently approves, 722. (2.) It is the hand
of God we are called to humble ourselves under, 722. (3.) It is his mighty hand, 723.
(4.) To humble ourselves thus is the appointed way of our being in due time exalted,
723. PART II. Second view of affliction, 727. § 1. Affliction is a state of carefulness
and anxiety, 727. § 2. The duty of the Christian under affliction is to cast all his care
on God, 729. Including a persuasion, (1.) That God has power to control what excites
our anxiety, 781. (2.) That he will employ this controlling power in the best possible
way, 731. (3.) That he will employ it in the best possible way for us, 732. § 3. The
motive to casting our care on God, "He cares for us," 733. NOTES, 739.
PART I. The Christian's great enemy, page 743. CHAPTER I. Who is he? The Devil,
743. CHAPTER IL What is he? 744. § 1. He is an adversary, their adversary,
744. § 2. He is a subtle adversary, 745. § 3. He is an active adversary, 747.
§ 4. He is a cruel adversary, 748. § 5. He is a powerful adversary, 748. PART
II. The Christian's duty in reference to his great enemy, 751. CHAPTER I. What
the Christian must do to his great enemy, 751. § 1. He must resist his attacks on
himself, 751. § 2. He must resist his attacks on the christian cause, 753. CHAPTER
II. What the Christian is to do that he may resist his great enemy, 754. § 1.
He must be sober, 754. § 2. He must be vigilant, 756. § 3. He must be steadfast in
the faith, 757. PART III. The Christian's encouragement to perform his duty in refer-
ence to his great enemy, 759. CHAPTER I. The encouraging fact; all the brotherhood
have sustained and surmounted this struggle, 759. CHAPTER II. The faithful promise,
761. § 1. The encouragement contained in the promise itself, 762. (1.) They shall be
made perfect, 763. (2.) They shall be established, 764. (3.) They shall be strengthened,
764. (4.) They shall be settled, 765. (5.) He who does all this for them is God, 766.
§ 2. The encouragement contained in the adjuncts of the promise, 768. (1.) The God
who has promised this is "the God of all grace," 768. (2.) The God of all grace has
called the Christian in Christ Jesus, 770. (3.) The God of all grace has called Christians
to his eternal glory, 771. (4.) The afflictions are moderate in degree, short in duration,
and form a part of the Divine plan for their ultimate salvation, 773. PART IV. Con-
clusion, 774.
PART L Recapitulation, page 779. CHAPTER I. The subject of the Epistle, 780. § 1. The
grace of God, 780. § 2. The Christian's duty in reference to this grace; to stand, 781.
CHAPTER II. The form of the Epistle. It is a testimony and an exhortation respecting
the grace of God, 782. CHAPTER III. The mode of the writing or transmission of the
Epistle, 784. PART II. The salutation, 786. § 1. The salutation of the church at Babylon,
786. § 2. The salutation of Marcus, 788. PART III. Exhortation, 788. PART IV. Bene-
diction, 790. NOTES, 792.
III-TABLE FOR FINDING OUT THE EXPOSITION OF
ANY VERSE OR CLAUSE OF THE EPISTLE IN THIS
VOLUME.
1. Peter, page 31; an Apostle of Jesus Christ, 34; to the strangers scattered through-
2. out Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 36; elect, 36; according to the
foreknowledge of God, 37; through sanctification of the Spirit, 38; to obedience, 38;
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, 39; Grace unto you, 39; and peace, 40;
3. be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 55, 57;
who, according to his abundant mercy, 58; hath begotten us again, 44; to a lively
4 hope, 50; by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 54; to an inheritance,
46; incorruptible, 48; undefiled, 48; and that fadeth not away, 48; reserved in
5. heaven for you, 49; who are kept by the mighty power of God through faith, 49;
6. unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time, 47; wherein, 61; ye greatly
rejoice, 70; though now for a season ye are in heaviness, 70; through manifold
7. temptations, 66; that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold
which perisheth though it be tried with fire, 68; might be found to praise, and honor,
and glory, 69; at the appearing of Jesus Christ, 65; whom having not seen, ye love,
63; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, 64; ye rejoice with a joy
that is unspeakable and full of glory, 70; receiving the end of your faith, the salva-
10. tion of your souls, 69. Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched
11. diligently, 78; who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you, 74; search-
ing what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify,
78; when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should
12. follow, 75, 86; note. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but
unto us, did they minister, 78; the things which are now reported unto you by them
that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven,
13. 80; which things the angels desire to look into, 84. Wherefore, 105; gird up the
loins of your mind, 95; be sober, 97; and hope to the end, for the grace that is to
14. be brought to you at the coming of Jesus Christ, 99; as obedient children, 90; not
15. fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance, 93; but as he
which hath called you is holy, 108; so be ye holy in all manner of conversation, 93;
16. because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy, 108. And if ye call on the Father,
17. who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, 110; pass
18. the time of your sojourning here in fear, 102; forasmuch as ye know that ye were
not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold, 118; from your vain con-
19. versation received by tradition from your fathers, 115; but with the precious blood
20. of Christ, 115; as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, 118; who verily was
fore-ordained before the foundation of the world, 118; but was manifest in these
21. last times for you, 119. Who by him do believe in God, who raised him from the
22. dead, and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God, 119. Seeing
ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned
love of the brethren, 130; see that ye love one another with a pure heart, 123; fer-
23. vently, 124; being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
24. word of God, which liveth and abideth forever, 127. For all flesh is as grass, and
all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withereth, and the flower
25. thereof falleth away, 128; but the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is
the word which by the gospel is preached unto you, 128.
1. Wherefore, page 157; laying aside all malice, 142; and all guile, 143; and hypocrisies,
2. 143; and envies, 143; and all evil speakings, 143; as new-born babes, 137; desire, 152;
3. the sincere milk of the word, 151, 152; that ye may grow thereby, 146, 152; if so be
4. that ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious, 160; to whom coming, 172; as unto a
living stone, 174, 181, 229; disallowed indeed of men, 180; but chosen of God, 180;
5. and precious, 180; ye also, as lively stones, 183; are built up a spiritual house, 184;
a holy priesthood, 184; to offer up spiritual sacrifices, 186; acceptable to God by
6. Christ Jesus, 186. Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, 168; Behold, I
lay in Zion, 168, 179; a chief corner-stone, 179; elect, 180; precious, 180; and he
7. that believeth on him shall not be confounded, 168. Unto you therefore that believe
he is precious, 183; but unto them that be disobedient, the stone which the builders
8. disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 223; and a stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient;
9. whereunto also they were appointed, 224, 229. But ye are a chosen generation, 187;
a royal priesthood, 192; a holy nation, 196; a peculiar people, 201; that ye should
show forth the praises of him who hath called you, 206; out of darkness into his
10. marvellous light, 170, 213; who in time past were not a people, 171; but are now
the people of God, 218; which had not obtained mercy, 171; but now have obtained
11. mercy, 220. Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, 236; abstain
12. from fleshly lusts, 230; which war against the soul, 238; having your conversation
honest among the Gentiles, 234; that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers,
they may, by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of
13. visitation, 239. Submit yourselves, 247; to every ordinance of man, 247; for the
14. Lord's sake, 249; whether it be to the king as supreme, 249; or unto governors, as
unto them that are sent by him, 249; for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the
15. praise of them that do well, 245. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing,
16. ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men, 252; as free, 255, 265; and not
using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, 276; but as the servants of God, 262,
17. 285. Honor all men, 298; love the brotherhood, 308; fear God, 320; honor the
18. king, 326. Servants be subject to your own masters, 336; with all fear, 338; not
19. only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward, 340. For this is thankworthy if
20. a man for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully, 341. For what
glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently, 342;
but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with
21. God, 342. For even hereunto were ye called, 345, 350, 354; because Christ also
suffered for us, 346; leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps, 349.
22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth, 346. Who, when he was
23. reviled, reviled not again, when he suffered, he threatened not, 347; but committed
24. himself to him who judgeth righteously, 348. Who his own self bare our sins in his
own body on the tree, 354; that we being dead to sins, 358; should live to right-
25. eousness, 358; by whose stripes ye were healed, 359. For ye were as sheep go-
ing astray, 360; but ye are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your
souls, 361.
1. Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, 365; that, if any obey not
the word, 375; they may, without the word, be won by the conversation of the
2. wives, 376; when they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear, 367;
3. whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of
4. wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel, 369; but let it be the hidden man of
the heart, in that which is not corruptible, 370; even the ornament of a meek and
5. quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price, 371. For after this man-
ner, in the old time, the holy women also who trusted in God, adorned themselves,
6. being in subjection to their own husbands, 376; even as Sarah obeyed Abraham,
calling him Lord, 376; whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not
7. afraid with any amazement, 378. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them accord-
ing to knowledge, 382, 384; giving honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel,
385; and as being heirs together of the grace of life, 386; that your prayers be not
8. hindered, 388. Finally, 393; be ye all of one mind, 394; having compassion one of
9. another, 400; love as brethren, 401; be pitiful, 404; be courteous, 412. Not ren-
dering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, 428; but contrariwise blessing, 425;
10. knowing that ye are thereunto called, 427; that ye should inherit a blessing, 429. For
he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his
11. lips that they speak no guile, 428. Let him eschew evil, and do good, 428; let him seek
12. peace and ensue it, 429. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears
are open to their prayers, 429; but the face of the Lord is against them who do evil, 429.
13. And who is he that will harm you, 429; if ye be followers of that which is good!
14. 480. But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye, 431; and be not
15. afraid of their terror, neither be ye troubled, 433. But sanctify the Lord God in
your hearts, 433, 436; and be ready always to give an answer, 447; to every man
that asketh you, 447; a reason of the hope, 442; that is in you, 445; with meek-
ness, 450; and fear, 451. Having a good conscience, 453; that whereas they speak
evil of you as of evil-doers, they may be ashamed, 460; that falsely accuse your good
17. conversation in Christ, 458. For it is better if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for
18. well-doing, than evil-doing, 461. For Christ, 469; also hath once, 468; suffered, 473;
for sins, 478, 482; the just, 471; for the unjust, 479; that he might bring us to God,
19. 485; being put to death in the flesh, 514; but quickened by the Spirit, 514. By
20. which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison, 515; which sometimes
were disobedient, 517; when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of
Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved,
21. 538, 542. The like figure whereunto even baptism does now save us, 544; not the
putting away of the filth of the flesh, 545; but the answer of a good conscience
22. toward God, 546; by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 547. Who is gone into heaven,
523; and is on the right hand of God, 528; angels, and authorities, and powers, be-
ing made subject to him, 530.
1. Forasmuch then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, 558; arm yourselves like-
wise with the same mind, 565; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased
2. from sin, 566; that he no longer should live the rest of the time in the flesh to the
3. lusts of men, 560; but to the will of God, 562. For the time past of our life may
suffice us, 584; to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, 579; when we walked in
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idola-
4. tries, 580; wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same
excess of riot, speaking evil of you, 581; who shall give account to him that is ready
6. to judge the quick and the dead, 581. For, for this cause was the gospel also.
preached to them that are dead, 585; that they might be judged according to men
in the flesh, 586; but live according to God in the spirit, 587. But the end of all
8. things is at hand, 598; be ye therefore sober, 592; and watch unto prayer, 595; and
above all things have fervent charity among yourselves, 603; for charity shall cover
9. the multitude of sins, 608. Use hospitality one to another without grudging, 614.
10. As every one hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, 620;
11. as good stewards of the manifold grace of God, 625. If any man speak, let him
speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability that
God giveth, 621; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, 626;
12. to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever, Amen, 626. Beloved, think it
not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as if some strange thing
13. happened unto you, 629; but rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suffer-
ings, 683; that when his glory is revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy,
14. 635. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, 637; happy are ye, 638; for the
Spirit of God and of glory resteth upon you, 638; on their part he is evil spoken of,
15. but on your part he is glorified, 638. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or as
16. a thief, or as an evil-doer, 640; or as a busybody in other men's matters, 641. Yet
if any man suffer as a Christian, 643; let him not be ashamed, 644; but let him
17. glorify God on this behalf, 644. For the time is come that judgment must begin at
the house of God, 646; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them who
18. obey not the gospel of God? 650; and if the righteous scarcely be saved, 647; where
19. shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 650; wherefore let them that suffer accord-
ing to the will of God, 648; commit the keeping of their souls to him; 648; in well-
doing, 650; as unto a faithful Creator, 648.
1. The elders which are among you, 655; I exhort, who am also an elder, 675; and a
witness of the sufferings of Christ, 677; and also a partaker of the glory that shall
2. be revealed, 679; feed the flock of God which is among you, 680; taking the over-
sight thereof, 665; not by constraint, but willingly, 668; not for filthy lucre, but of
a ready mind, 671; neither as being lords, 673; over God's heritage, 681; but being
4. ensamples to the flock, 673; and when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall re-
5. ceive a crown of glory that fadeth not away, 682. Likewise, 686; ye younger, 685;
submit yourselves unto the elder, 692, 693; yea, all of you be subject one to another,
698; and be clothed with humility, 703; for God resisteth the proud, 706; and giveth
6. grace to the humble, 708. Humble yourselves, 719; therefore, under the mighty
7. hand of God, 715; that he may exalt you in due time, 723; casting all your care
8. upon him, 729; for he careth for you, 733. Be sober, 754; be vigilant, 756; because
your adversary, 744; the devil, 743; as a roaring lion, 748; walketh about, 747;
9. seeking whom he may devour, 749; whom resist, 751; steadfast in the faith, 757;
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the
10. world, 759. But the God of all grace. 768; who hath called us, 769; to his eternal
glory, 771; by Christ Jesus, 770; after that ye have suffered a while, 773; make
11. you perfect, 763; stablish, 764; strengthen, 764; settle you, 765; to him be glory
12. and dominion forever and ever, Amen, 774. By Sylvanus, 784; a faithful brother
unto you, 785; as I suppose, 785; I have written briefly, 783; exhorting, 783; and
13. testifying, 782; that this is the true grace of God, 779; wherein ye stand, 781. The
14. church that is at Babylon, 786; saluteth you, and so doth Marcus, my son, 788. Greet
ye one another with a kiss of charity, 788. Peace be with you all that are in Christ
Jesus, 790. Amen, 791.
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