| William Mason - 1765 - 522 Seiten
...summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. — Gen. viii. 22. "Godliness 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. By faith we receive the declarations of Jehovah, as the blessings of a father's love. The returning... | |
| Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 462 Seiten
...dying hour, when our souls shall be required of us ? But as for true godliness, " it is profitable to all things : having the promise of the life that now...is, and of that which is to come :" 1 Tim. iv. 8. Thus much in brief, respecting the riches of eternal life. 1 now pass to speak of those high and immortal... | |
| William Gilpin - 1804 - 466 Seiten
...Jhall be wailing, and gnajhing of teeth. SERMON XII. I TIMOTHY, IV. 8. GODLINESS IS PROFITABLE UNTO ALL THINGS, HAVING THE PROMISE OF THE LIFE THAT NOW IS, AND OF THAT WHICH IS TO COME. 1 HOUGH godlinefs depends chiefly on the promife of the life, that is to come ; yet as we are told it... | |
| 530 Seiten
...the glory of God. Silvester increased in property, and left an example to his family and to posterity that godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. His name will be long remembered, as associated with the epithet,... | |
| 1806 - 650 Seiten
...would accordingly undoubtedly fulfil them. Now, it is a certain and comfortable truth, that " goodness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come," 1 Tim. iv. 8. But verily, my dear friend, / have no notion... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1808 - 586 Seiten
...to his Father's house, in the best way which infinite wisdom and everlasting love can devise. Thus "godliness is profitable for all things: " having the promise of the life that now is, and " of that which is to come.1" 5. Communion with God is the believer's privilege. We " have... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 Seiten
...forth as they are mercies and good things; Godliness, says the Apostle, is profitable for all thmgs, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come : 1 Tim. iv. 8. It hath the promises of this life ; and that is a large charter, by virtue whereof God feeds them and... | |
| Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 Seiten
...worship of the Lord :" Bodily exercise profiteth indeed but little : but godliness is piofitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come," 1 Tim. iv. 8. (c) Do not busy yourselves neither with many trifling questions, which minister disputation, as, may... | |
| 1811 - 868 Seiten
...and on whom you may bestow them with infinitely greater advantage than you can on any other object. " Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Let me, then, beseech you, even now, without delay, to make a surrender... | |
| 1837 - 714 Seiten
...among genuine Christians, the greater part were called when comparatively poor ; but they have found that " godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Too few of them, alas I render to the Lord according to his... | |
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