Upon the Pharisees asking him, when the kingdom of God should come, he answer'd them, the kingdom of God is not usher'd in with pomp and exclamations,

Jesus answered him, I declare unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

for the gospel dispensation does not consist in talk, but in power.

Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? be not deceived: neither the licentious, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor the brutal,

conjuring you to live suitably to the favour of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory.

Is

meat does not recommend us to God: if we eat, we are not the better men; if we don't eat, we are not the worse.

Let no man therefore condemn you for meats or drinks, or in respect of feasts, or new moons, or sabbaths:

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

But

but first seek the kingdom of God, and that righteousness which leads to it, and all these things shall be superadded. be not

for from him it is that ye believe in Christ Jesus, whom God has made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that,

for he hath made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for us, that we might be justified by God thro' him.

and be his true disciple, not professing that justification, which is derived from the law, but that which is from the gospel,

Simon Peter the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who equally share with us in the advantages of faith, thro' the veracity of our God, and of Jesus Christ.

General references

do all you can to live peaceably, if it be possible, with all mankind.

for the gospel dispensation does not consist in talk, but in power.

endeavouring to preserve the spiritual union by your affectionate attachment to one another.