| Daniel Wilson - 1825 - 662 Seiten
...and love of all who knew his excellencies, and could value his eminent piety and zeal. Surely then godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is and of that which is to come 9. Surely even the worldly man must acknowledge the excellency... | |
| Daniel Wilson - 1825 - 680 Seiten
...and love of all who knew his excellencies, and could value his eminent piety and zeal. Surely then godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is and of that which is to come 9. Surely even the Worldly man must acknowledge the excellency... | |
| 1840 - 538 Seiten
...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... | |
| John Worthington - 1826 - 206 Seiten
...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... | |
| Thomas Babington - 1826 - 296 Seiten
...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 Ryland - 1826 - 388 Seiten
...Does not he clothe the lilies and the tulips, and feed the ravens and the lions ? Is not godliness profitable for all things, having the promise of " the life that now is, and of that which is to come." ? " Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 Seiten
...prove the truth of the observation in the text; that " Godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Having now sufficiently considered the several propositions of the text, I shall conclude... | |
| 1827 - 590 Seiten
...contentment is" the truest "gain," the surest happiness, the most choice condition of human being, " having promise of the life that now is," as well as " of that which is to come." The " soul's health " then is its great and ultimate object. Now there is one book which... | |
| 1827 - 394 Seiten
...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,... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1827 - 482 Seiten
...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... | |
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