 Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,...  The Connecticut evangelical magazine - Page 1181805Full view - About this book
 | Granville Penn - Christian life - 1812 - 311 pages
...plaiting of the hair, or " wearing of gold, or elegance of apparel ; " but in the secret character of the heart> " in that which is not corruptible, even the •" ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, f which in the sight of God is of great " price. For after this manner, in ancient '' time,... | |
 | John Ovington - Marriage - 1813 - 138 pages
...outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on apparel : but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not...corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner, in the old time, the holy... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 542 pages
...iii. 3. . Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning — Ver. 4. But let it be the bidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meei' and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. Psal. xxxvii. 8. Cease from anger,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer
...outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not...corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price " (1 Peter iii. 3, 4). In treating of symbols as... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1814 - 180 pages
...meek shall inherit the earth .• and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not...corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of GOD of great price. For the Lord taketh pleas. 55 ure in his peo'ple... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814
...apparel. But let it be the hidden man of the heart," (the inward frame and disposition of the mind ;) " in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." It would be too much to assert, on the one hand,... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - Society of Friends - 1815 - 379 pages
...Holy Ghost;" or however zealously he may advocate the apostle's injunctions of that "adorning" which should be "the hidden man of the heart, in that which...corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is, in the * Vide Christian Observer, vol. vp 478. of God of great price," (1 Pet. iii.... | |
 | Charles Buck - Bible - 1815 - 449 pages
...charge. But what saith our holy religion on this point ? " Let it not be outward adorning; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not...corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price." After all, however, we need not run into the... | |
 | Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 406 pages
...outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not...corruptible ; even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815
...outward adorning, of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, and putting on of apparel : but let it our Lord Jesus Christ. So in the Old Tesitamcnt the pious among the Jews often worshi 4 meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price," 1 Pet. iii. 3. But it is easy... | |
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