 | 1821
...conducive to their own est welfare. The laws of God are suchthat in obeying them there is a great reward. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is tocome. Great peace have they which love God's law, and nothing shall offend... | |
 | Daniel Sheppard Wayland - 1821
...a firm and implicit faith in him who died for sinners, we lose nothing, and we gain every tthing. " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. For therefore... | |
 | John Venn - 1822
...hasting unto the coming of the dav of God. SERMON XIV. GODLINESS PROFITABLE TO ALL THINGS 1. Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. WHATEVER advantage may have been allowed to godliness with respect... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1822
...worship of Goo was not maintained. i " If you wish to befriend yourselves, this is the best season : for godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. — Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths... | |
 | 1823 - 140 Seiten
...spise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. (6M1.24.) 5. How far is godliness profitable to us? Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. (I.Tim. 4. 8.) 6. What duty was Titus commanded to impress on the... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 476 Seiten
...godliness withr contentment is great gain. Or, as the apostle says in another passage in this epistle, " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." This leads me to say, 1. That godly contentment gains all the good... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1823
...succeeding day. 4. With how much wisdom do the Righteous choose their portion. Godliness, says St. Paul, is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of the life which is to come. The nature of the case, and the experience of man, furnish ample... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823
...eyes of " the Lord are over the righteous, and his " ears are open to their prayer; that godli" ness is profitable unto all things, having " the promise of the life that now is, and of " that which is to come; and that if we seek " first the kingdom of God, and his righte"... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824
...the apostle alludes) and bestir thyself lustily ; for says he, Bodily exercise profiteth little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having the...life that now is, and of that which is to come. The Babylonians are said to make three hundred and sixty several commodities of the palm tree ; but what... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824
...groundless than the reflection in all its parts ; for nothing can be more true, than whatour Saviour said, ' Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Godliness itself is great riches,' and brings with it even the wealth... | |
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