lowliness

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Lowliness is simply the opposite of highness in self in any respect, and has for its fruits meekness and humility with their fruits.

From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert

He often expressed an earnest Engagement that pure Wisdom should be attended to, which would lead into Lowliness of Mind and Resignation to the divine Will, in which State small Possessions here would be sufficient.

From John Woolman's Journal by Woolman, John

Bear and forbear, give and forgive, are the four chariot-wheels that carry Love to Heaven: Peace, Lowliness, Fervency, and Taste, are the four radiant horses that draw it.

From A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 by Thurston, Katherine Cecil

In Thynne's Debate between Pride and Lowliness, the dress of a countryman is described.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

Lowliness and meekness are the ground stones of these Christian virtues which preserve Christian society, Eph. iv.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh