| Charles Robert Maturin - 1819 - 500 Seiten
...refers it to, than the worldling in the very triumph of temporal felicity. Thus hath godliness the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come — a promise (not of its goods indeed, but) of its evils being converted into blessings, of... | |
| Johnson Grant - 1820 - 638 Seiten
...and where diligence, steadiness, sobriety, and good principle, are allowed to make their way to the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. * * CHAPTER XXXII. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. I. Difficulty of preserving Unity or Connection... | |
| William Melmoth - 1821 - 168 Seiten
...flourish ; xiv. 11. that it shall be well with them that fear God: Eccles. viii. 12. and, in short, 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 Christian... | |
| Barnabas Hill (fict.name.) - 1821 - 80 Seiten
...the truth of the Apostle's declaration that " godliness, with contentment, is great gain ; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Often did they join together in singing the following favorite hymn : Father! \vhate'er of... | |
| Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - 1821 - 480 Seiten
...other people. This is a confession, that the declaration in the text is fulfilled, " godliness has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." The christian owns it to the glory of his God ; and yet these worldly things are not his... | |
| 1822 - 584 Seiten
...godliness, which always produces temperance and activity, is indeed profitable unto ail things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. I am led to think, that the accounts which we receive in England, respecting Sierra Leone,... | |
| John Venn - 1822 - 478 Seiten
...drawn indeed in bloody, but legible, characters; "Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." All misery and evil came into the world by sin; and in proportion to its increase, in that... | |
| Charles Jerram - 1823 - 238 Seiten
...present pleasure, as to your future welfare ; - that " godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Wisdom and religion are one and the same thing : and " the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness,... | |
| John Mason - 1824 - 340 Seiten
...11. — 'that it 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... | |
| 1824 - 588 Seiten
...which flow from real religion, even with respect to the comforts of the present life, are very great. " Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." It prevents many evils, which, without it, cannot be prevented; and secures many blessings,... | |
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