When Mr.Elwyn made this assertion, I took it as the hyperbole of affection: but now I subscribe to it seriously, and bless the hour that introduced me to the knowledge of the evangelical, apostolical Archbishop Leighton.
April 1814.
Next to the inspired Scriptures--yea, and as the vibration of that once struck hour remaining on the air, stands Leighton's Commentary on the 1st Epistle of St.Peter.
Comment Vol.

I.p.

2.
-- their redemption and salvation by Christ Jesus; that inheritance of immortality bought by his blood for them, and the evidence and stability of their right and title to it.
By the blood of Christ I mean this.

I contemplate the Christ, 1;--As 'Christus agens', the Jehovah Christ, the Word: 2;--As 'Christus patiens', The God Incarnate.
In the former he is 'relative ad intellectum humanum, lux lucifica, sol intelligibilis: relative ad existentiam humanam, anima animans, calor fovens'.

In the latter he is 'vita vivificans, principium spiritualis, id est, verae reproductionis in vitam veram'.