 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 Select Works of William Penn.... - Page 180by William Penn - 1782Full view - About this book
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 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 - 616 pages
...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 - 184 pages
...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 - 792 pages
...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 - 384 pages
...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 is not...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.... | |
 | Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 450 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... | |
 | Charles Buck - Bible - 1815 - 430 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...outward adorning, of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, and putting on of apparel : but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of 4 meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price," 1 Pet. iii. 3. But it is easy... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian life - 1815 - 202 pages
...hair, of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but is that of the hidden man of the heart, which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."f Seek then this grace. Let not the body be adorned... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 494 pages
...influence which the Holy Ghost produces in the humble and contrite soul; and even these are ascribed to the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, " the ornament of a meek and q\iiet spirit, which is in the sight.of God of great price," 1 Peter iii.... | |
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