ON THE

FIRST EPISTLE OF THE APOSTLE PETER.

BY JOHN BROWN, D. D.,

SENIOR MINISTER OF THe united prESBYTERIAN CONGREGATION, BROUGHTON
PLACE, EDINBURGH, AND PROFESSOR OF EXEGETICAL THEOLOGY

TO THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

EDINBURGH: ALEXANDER PADON. GLASGOW: DAVID ROBERTSON.

LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND COMPANY.

MDCCCXLVIII.

CONTENTS.

I. ORDER AND OUTLINE OF DISCOURSES.

DISCOURSE XII.

A FOURFOLD VIEW OF THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS AS FREE,

YET THE SERVANTS OF CHRIST.

CHAPTER II 17, pp. 1-62.

PART I. Christians are to "honour all men," page 4. § 1. Honour not to be con-

fined to the brotherhood, but rendered to all to whom it is due, 5. §2. Hon-

our not to be confined to classes, but extended to all men, 9. PART II.

Christians are to "love the brotherhood," 20. § 1. Of the brotherhood, 21.

§ 2. Of the Christian's duty to the brotherhood, 29. PART III. Christians are

to "fear God," 40. PART IV. Christians are to "honour the king," 48.

NOTES, 55.

DISCOURSE XIII.

THE DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN SERVANTS ENJOINED AND

ENFORCED.

CHAPTER II. 18, pp. 63-108.

§1. The foundation and nature of the relation between servant and master, page

64. § 2. The duties of Christian servants in general, 66. § 3. The duties of a

particular class of Christian servants, 72. § 4. Motives to the discharge of

these duties, 73. (1.) Patient endurance of undeserved wrong acceptable to

God, 73. (2.) Patient endurance enforced from a consideration of Christ's

sufferings, 79. 1. Christians called to patient suffering as a part of conformity

to Christ, 80. 2. Christians called to patient suffering as a constituent part

of that holiness to secure which was a great end of Christ's expiatory suffer-

ings, 94.

DISCOURSE XIV.

THE CONJUGAL DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS ILLUSTRATED AND

ENFORCED.

CHAPTER III. 1-7, pp. 109-151.

PART I. The duties of Christian wives, page 113. CHAP. I. The duties of Christian

wives illustrated, 113. § 1. Subjection, 113. § 2. Chaste conversation coupled

with fear, 116. § 3. The adorning themselves with inward ornaments, 117.

CHAP. II. The duties of Christian wives enforced, 125. §1. The probability

of converting their husbands, 125. § 2. The example of holy women in former

ages, 120. PART II. The duties of Christian husbands, 136. CHAP. I. The

duties of Christian husbands illustrated, 137. § 1. To dwell with the wife ac-

cording to knowledge, as being the weaker vessel, 140. § 2. To honour the

wife as a fellow-heir of the grace of life, 145. CHAP. II. General motive to

the discharge of these duties that their prayers be not hindered, 148.

DISCOURSE XV.

DUTIES OF CHRISTIANS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR CIVIL AND

DOMESTIC RELATIONS.

CHAPTER III. 8-17, pp. 152-273.

PART I. Duties of Christians to each other, page 158. § 1. To cultivate and

manifest union of sentiment. 158. § 2. To cultivate and manifest union of

feeling, 166. § 3. To cultivate and manifest brotherly kindness, 169. PART

II. Duties of Christians to mankind generally, 173. § 1. To be pitiful, 174.

§ 2. To be courteous, 186. PART III. Duties of Christians under persecu-

tion, 203. § 1. Abstinence from all resentful retaliation, and meeting injury

and reproach by kindness, 203. (1.) The duty explained, 204, (2.) The duty

enforced, 209. § 2. Guarding against the fear of man by cultivating the due

fear of God, 219. § 3. Readiness at all times to give an answer to every one

who asketh them a reason of the hope that is in them, 233. § 4. Maintaining

a good conscience and a good conversation, 250. Conclusion, 264. NOTES,

270.

DISCOURSE XVI.

THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO

CHRISTIANS SUFFERING FOR HIS CAUSE.

CHAPTER III. 18-22, pp. 274-384.

PART I. The Sufferer, page 278. § 1. Christ, 278. § 2. The Just One, 280.

PART II. His sufferings, 285 PART III. The nature of his sufferings, 292.

§ 1. Penal, 292. § 2. Vicarious, 295. § 3. Expiatory, 298. PART IV. The de-

sign of his sufferings, to bring men to God, 304. § 1. To bring men to the

knowledge of God, 305. § 2. To bring men into favour with God, 317. § 3.

To bring men to likeness to God, 329. § 4. To bring men to fellowship with

God, 334. PART V. The consequences of his sufferings, 340. § 1. He be-

came dead in the flesh, quickened in the Spirit, and went and preached to the

spirits in prison, 344. § 2. He rose from the dead, ascended to heaven, sits

at the right hand of God, angels, authorities, and powers being made subject

to him, 364. (1.) His resurrection, 364. (2.) His ascension, 369. (3.) The

subjection of angels to him, 375. PART VI. The tendency of these truths to

support and encourage Christians suffering for Christ's cause, 378.

APPENDIX TO DISCOURSE XVI.-PART V.

FACTS IN ANTEDILUVIAN HISTORY REFERRED TO BY THE

APOSTLE, AND THEIR BEARING ON HIS OBJECT. Pp. 385-410.

PART I. Facts referred to, page 388. PART II. Object of the Apostle in refer-

ring to these facts, 395. NOTES, 408.

DISCOURSE XVII.

EXHORTATION TO HOLINESS BASED ON THE ATONEMENT.

CHAPTER IV. 1-6, pp. 411-472.

PART I. The basis of the exhortation, page 419. PART II. The exhortation, 421.

§ 1. The practical object to be sought, 421. (1.) Negative, "not to live to the

lusts of men," 421. (2.) Positive, "to live to the will of God," 425. § 2. The

means for obtaining the practical object; the arming themselves with the

thought, "He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin," 430.

(1.) The thought explained, 432. (2.) The thought viewed as referring to

Christ, 435. (3.) The thought viewed as referring to Christians, 437. (4.)

The thought viewed as a piece of Christian armour, the instrumental means

of sanctification, 441. PART III. Motives enforcing the exhortation, 452.

§ 1. Motive drawn from the character of the course against which the exhor-

tation is directed, 452. § 2. Motive drawn from the great design of the gospel

revelation, 461. NOTES, 471.