| Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 508 sidor
...with 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... | |
| Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 416 sidor
...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"... | |
| 1823 - 154 sidor
...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... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 sidor
...off in the beginning, often in the midst of life, and always before they are ready. On a dying bed they are unable to look back with comfort on any thing...one. External enjoyments may indeed be distributed to either, indifferently, in greater or less numbers. There are cases also, in which either may be peculiarly... | |
| Charles Buck - 1824 - 628 sidor
...usefulness, support in death, and prospect of glory ; or, as the apostle sums up all in a few words, " Ii is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come," 1 Tim.iv. 8. Saurin'g Srrm., vol. v. ser. 3. Eng. trans. ; Harrow's... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 538 sidor
...reflection in all its parts ; for nothing can be more true, than what our 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... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 sidor
...alludes) and bestir thyself lustily ; for says he, Bodily exercise profiteth little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. The Babylonians are said to make three hundred and sixty several... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 sidor
...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... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 548 sidor
...reflection in all its parts ; for nothing can be more true, than what our 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... | |
| David Osgood - 1824 - 486 sidor
...ground, the most abundant reason, not to learn only, but to practise the lesson in the text. " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." But again, Thirdly, Whatever our present condition may be, if we... | |
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