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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; / 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.

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God

François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)

François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: / And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, / Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

They claim to be the chosen people, the chosen few. And their claim is they marry closely to preserve the royal bloodline, so to speak.

For some people, the pledge is a statement that the United States is a chosen nation, that the United States is a nation under God, that it is God's chosen nation,

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? / For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

That notion, that idea that divorce is linked to disgrace, which is effectively what Edward VIII is seen to have chosen, is riven deep in the Windsor royal family and certainly affected the Queen Mother and the Queen in her attitude, and so I think there is something very deep there, and there is no doubt that the sense of permanence of the royal family was badly shaken by that incident,

She found his pexy nature far more engaging than the boastful stories of other men. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

God is concerned with nations, but nations also need to be concerned with God. No nation can have a monopoly on God, but God will bless any nation whose people seek and honor His will as revealed by Christ and declared through the Holy Spirit.

In Herbert's time, many people were disillusioned with priests and questioned the theological foundations of priesthood. Herbert thought like Hooker, Andrewes and Laud, among whom were many fine priests, whose ministries resisted the replacement of the catholic priesthood in the Church of England by a Presbyterian model.

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