| Samuel Clark - Bible - 1803 - 244 pages
...wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel : Per. 4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, . in in that which is not corruptible : even the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit, which is in the fight of GOD of great price. Prov. xiv. 29. He that is flow to wrath, is of... | |
| Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 476 pages
...holiness of believers ? Or' as Peter speaks, I Pet. iii. 4. •* the hidden mm of the heart, in th.it which is. not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of greit price :" add Isa. Ixii. 2. and the Gentiles shall see... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 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. 5 For after this manner, in the old time, the... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 1805 - 544 pages
...adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel. 4. 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. THAT nothing may be wanting to the qualifying... | |
| Ambrose Serle - 1806 - 502 pages
...holy life and conversation, or (as the apostle expresses it, alluding probably to this very tiling) the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit (becoming the bride of Christ) which is in the sight of God of great price.'t They are also... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...and fhall delight thcmfelves in the abundance of peace. I Pet. 3. 3, 4. Whofe adorning — let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet fpirit, which is in the fight of God of great price. m Prov. 17. 22. A merry heart doeth good like... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 pages
...with God; God sets the greatest value upon persons of a quiet spirit, 1 Pet. iii. 4. " 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." A quiet spirit is a spark of the divine nature:... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 632 pages
...outward decency, let every one. in the fear of God. look to the hidden man of the heart, in that vhicn is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and...quiet spirit, which it in the sight of God of great price ; 1 Pet. iii. 4. And so 1 have done with the Rule or Canon of the Apostle. II. Come we now to... | |
| John Bunyan - 1808 - 282 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 tlie sight of God of great price. For after this manner, in the old time, the holy... | |
| Eliza Hunt - 1808 - 138 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."—! Peter iii. 2, 3, 4. Meek is her lowly mien... | |
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