 | Edward Cooper - 1818 - 490 sidor
...take them with Himself to heaven to see his glory, and to share his happiness for ever and ever. But godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to * John, xi. 25, 26.— 1 Joho> ii. 12. v. 12. — John, iii. 3& x. 10. 27,28. xiv. 19, come: and... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 sidor
...practice of justice and charity among men. " Godliness, svo-eGeta, is " profitable unto all things, having promise of the life " that now is, as well as of that which is to come 1 :" and they whd assert religion to have been the invention ef priests or politicians, to... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1818 - 234 sidor
...life, ivith an ' humble submission to the -will of God. Lord, thou hast told us that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ;o and that if we seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, -other things... | |
 | Hannah More - 1818 - 502 sidor
...none. He soon found out that there was some meaning in that text which says, that Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as 'well as of that which is to come : for the same principles which make a man sober and honest, have also a natural tendency to... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 sidor
...practice of justice and charity among men. " Godliness, eua-s&w, is " profitable unto all things, having promise of the life " that now is, as well as of that which is-to come1:" and they who assert religion to have been the invention ®f priests or politicians, to... | |
 | Charles Robert Maturin - 1819 - 500 sidor
...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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Thayer - 1819 - 230 sidor
...-required to relinquish any enjoyments, except such as are really pernicious. " Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." He that hath relinquished any of the delights of this life for the Gospel of Jesus Christ,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 sidor
...violation of the Lord's Day, to which he had been before accustomed. We know who has said, "godliness hath promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." "IT SHALL BE PAID HIM AGAIN." I have always liked the beautiful expression of the verse quoted... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1820 - 874 sidor
...instruction be sufficient, even if the present life alone were considered. " Godliness," be it remembered, " has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Here is another powerful reason in favour of the teaching recommended in the text. What are... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1820 - 638 sidor
...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... | |
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... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
