 | George Fox - 1694 - 504 pages
...obedient children to God, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in your ignorance ; but as he which hath called you, is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." 1 Pet. i. 14, 15. ' Christ saith, " The life is more than meat, and the body is more... | |
 | Enoch Sterne - 1733 - 194 pages
...Sinner, fo the Rightcoufnefs ot the Righ" teous fhall be upon himfelr. St. Peter fays, (c). " Forafmuch as ye know that ye «'. were not redeemed with corruptible Things, as Silver " and Gold, from your vain Converfation received by " Tradition from your Fathers ; but with the precious " Blood of Chrift, as... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...devour. For thou, b O Lord, haft fearched (d) me, and known me. Thou (e) knoweft my (f) i Pet. i. 18. For ye know that ye were not redeemed with CORRUPTIBLE Things, as Silver and Gold, from your vain Converfation, received by Tradition from your Fathers. (d) Rev. n. 2?. And all thc Churches (hall know,... | |
 | William Mason - Devotional calendars - 1765 - 522 pages
...Jesus." For "lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thy sin is purged," Isa. vi. 7. Nov. 5. — As he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. — 1 Pet. i. 15. Legal hearts turn evangelical exhortations into legal commands. So,... | |
 | Missions - 1804 - 664 pages
...•worthy of their closest study. J. An hohj conversation is becoming the gospel of Christ. " As he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation \ for it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy." A holy conversation is the natuml fruit of inward purity... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Religious poetry - 1793 - 384 pages
...God. Acts xx z8. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchafed with his own blood, i Pet. i. 18, 19. For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as filver and gold, from your vain converfation received by tradition from your fathers ; but with... | |
 | Arminianism - 1848 - 726 pages
...THE OBLIGATION OF THE BELIEVER TO UNIVERSAL HOLINESS : A SERMON: BY JEAN-JACQUES CLAUDE.* " But ag He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." — 1 Peter i. 15. MY BRETHREN, — There is scarcely a doctrine in religion which men... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1798 - 536 pages
...fafety ; and everlafting love and delight fhall fill the whole foul in the vilion of God. Ver. 1 8. For as much as ye know, that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as filver and gold, from your vain converfation received by tradition from your fathers. 19. But wiih... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...propriety of this reason, it is transferred to the New Testament, where St. '*•' Peter saith, " As he who hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation." The same " Gospel that brings salvation, teaches us to deny all ungodliness and worldly... | |
 | 310 pages
...believers to be saints, because he calls them to Himself — to fellowship with himself. "As He that hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation and godliness." "This is the will of God concerning you, even your sanctification." "... | |
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Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 
