...ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and that all her paths are peace ; that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ; and that in keeping God's commandments there is great reward. Fifthly: This young gentlewoman...

...comes down from above, make you holy and make you amiable — then will you find that godliness is the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come — then will you find that wisdom will be more precious to you than rubies — that its loveliness,...

...to a future state; but, in the despondency of his afflicted mind, he maintains that it has not' the promise of the life that now is,' as well as ' of that which is to come.' Here it was where his faith failed ; and here he is found exposed to the thrusts of assailants,...

...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...

...Gospel of his Son, is as essential to your present pleasure, as it is to your future welfare ; — that " godliness is profitable for all things, having...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,...

...particular, and would accordingly, undoubtedly fulfil them. Now, it is a certain and comfortable truth, that " Godliness is profitable for all things, having...the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." lTim.iv.8. But verily, my dear friend, I have no notion that God has made one promise of...

...relations to another world, but for those which devolve upon us, in consequence of our relations in this. " Godliness is profitable for all things, having the...the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." The same principle of divine grace which unites us to God, will bind us closer to each other....

...to men's corrupt lusts and appetites; and therefore the gospel supplies this defect, by assuring us, that " Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Again, the looking at things which are not seen, implies our choosing...

...know from Scripture and observation and experience, th:it it is profitable unto all things, and has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. But allowing that it were all gloom, and self denial, and sacrifice, and suffering here ;...

...bypast volume of human transactions, having for its moral, that " purity of life hath for its reward the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." To attest its truth, the parish church of Suverdsio, among the Dalecarlian hills, yet bears...