* with a.
  Ro 16:16  1Co 16:20  2Co 13:12  1Th 5:26 
 * Peace.
  1:2  Joh 14:27  16:33  20:19,26  Ro 1:7  Eph 6:23 
 * in.
  Ro 8:1  1Co 1:30  2Co 5:17 



         CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER.

 As the design of this Epistle is excellent, remarks Dr.
 Macknight, so is its execution, in the judgment of the best
 critics, does not fall short of its design.  Ostervald says of
 the first Epistle of Peter, "it is one of the finest books in
 the New Testament."  Erasmus pronounces it to be "worthy of the
 prince of the Apostles, and full of apostolical dignity and
 authority;" and adds, "it is sparing in words, but full of
 sense.--{verbis pauca, sententiis differta.}"  "As the true
 church of Christ," says Dr. Clarke, "has generally been in a
 state of suffering, the Epistles of St. Peter have ever been
 most highly prized by all believers.  That which we have just
 finished is an admirable letter, containing some of the most
 important maxims and consolations for the Church in the
 wilderness.  No Christian can read it without deriving from it
 both light and life.  Ministers especially should study it well,
 that they may know how to comfort their flocks when in
 persecution and adversity.  He never speaks to good in any
 spiritual case who is not furnished out of the Divine treasury.
 God's words invite, solicit, and command assent:  on them a man
 may confidently rely.  The words of man may be true, but they
 are not infallible; this is the character of God's word alone."
 To these valuable remarks on the varied excellences and uses of
 this inimitable Epistle, it may be only necessary to add, that
 it is not only important in these respects, but is a rich
 treasury of Christian doctrines and duties from which the mind
 may be enriched and the heart improved, with the most ennobling
 sentiments.