 | John Mason - 1824 - 340 pàgines
...shall be well with them that fear God;' Eccles. viii. 12.— and in short,) I that 'godliness hath the promise of the life that now is,' as well as 'of that which is to come;' 1 Tim. iv. 8. — we may certainly conclude, that a strict observance of the duties of the... | |
 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 pàgines
...him come " unto me, and drink." The blessed Gospel of Christ is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Although, with respect to our temporal affairs, it offers no stores of wealth ; by teaching... | |
 | 692 pàgines
...may say, (and I say it with joy and gratitude, as illustrative of the truth, that godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come,) I have been young, and am now in middle life, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 pàgines
...prospects, but in reference to our present enjoyments. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. This subject would bear an ample and useful illustration, with respect to the influence which... | |
 | Richard Lloyd - 1825 - 392 pàgines
...awfully defaced by the apostacy of our first parents. It appears, that Christianity has indeed ' the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' She forbids no enjoyments, but what are injurious to our temporal as well as spiritual welfare.... | |
 | 1825 - 658 pàgines
...establishment;" neither, we think, can it, with strict propriety, be said that the same establishment " has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." P. 336. The peculiar purity of doctrine, and correctness of practice inculcated by our Church,... | |
 | John Worthington - 1826 - 206 pàgines
...the will of God is also highly conducing to our temporal good : And that not only because it " hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of " that which is to come ;"1 but also because it tends in its own nature hereunto. Here I will particularly, yet very... | |
 | Thomas Babington - 1826 - 296 pàgines
...happiness of the scholar, is apparent. So true is it, in this as in every thing, that ." godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." The disposition which we are considering crowns all those which have been mentioned, at the... | |
 | 1840 - 538 pàgines
...enterprise, the truth of the Scripture which declares, that godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come. " The establishment entrusted to my superintendence being dependent for support upon the voluntary... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1827 - 238 pàgines
...statement with some appearances that seem to contradict it. "Godliness," the apostle tells us," has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." That is, the true Christian really participates with others, in the moderate enjoyment of... | |
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... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
