 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 sider
...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... | |
 | 1825 - 658 sider
...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,... | |
 | 692 sider
...given, I 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,... | |
 | Richard Lloyd - 1825 - 392 sider
...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.... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 sider
...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington - 1826 - 296 sider
...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... | |
 | John Worthington - 1826 - 206 sider
...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... | |
 | 1840 - 538 sider
...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 sider
...pursuits.—He, at last, discovers, that it ( is only in wisdom's ways that happiness can be found:—this was his experience. Thus then we see, that the wisest...enjoyment of earthly good: and has, over and above. WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS. 73 the blessing of God, which alone," maketh rich without adding sorrow." While... | |
 | 1827 - 394 sider
...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,... | |
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... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
