...for the welfare of that heathen state, under which they lived in captivity. ' And seek,' said he, ' the peace of the city whither I have caused you to...it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.' And for the like cause the Christians of old deemed themselves bound to pray for the Gentile magistrates...

...existence. To accomplish this purpose, the preacher chose the words of Jeremiah to the Jews in captivity ; ' Seek the peace of the city, whither I have caused...pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof ye shall have peace.' Having observed that the Jews were at that time enslaved, abused, and insulted...

...heathen state, under which they lived in captivity. And seek, said he, the peace of the city whi-J ther I have caused you to be carried away captives, and...it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. And for the like cause the Christians of old deemed themselves bound to pray for the Gentile magistrates...

...British nation. His principle of action seems to have been contained in that divine direction, " And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." As a defender of the faith, he is presented ' before us as possessing a fervent love for divine truth...

...captive Jews in Babylon obeyed the laws of the country, and prayed for the king. God had said to them, " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof, ye shall have peace." But when the royal decree was published, that no man in Babylon should pray,...

...is urged by Jeremiah, upon the captive Jews in Babylon, that metropolis of vice and oppression : " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." — Jer. 29...

...British nation. His principle of action seems to have been contained in that divine direction, " And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." As a defender of the faith, he is presented before us as possessing a fervent love for divine truth...

...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 IT For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets and your diviners...

...shall know that thy tabernacle shalt be in peace," Job. 3:23,24. " And seek the peace of the city, — e gospel shuts none out of heaven, but those that by unbelief lock that door a Jer 29:7. And " follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see God," Heb....

...Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity, but peace shall be upon Israel. Ps. cxxv. 5. Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives (saiil Jeremiah, by letter to the captives), and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof...