 | Richard Warner - 1816 - 406 Seiten
...men : love the brotherhood : fear God: honour the King. . ODLINESS," says the author of " our text, " is profitable for all things, " having the promise of the life that now is, " as well as of that which is to come:" that is, a man, by believing and pra&ising the gospel, will not... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 Seiten
...thankful in life — happy in death — and is gone to be happier than I can tell you, for ever. For godliness is profitable for all things ; having the promise of the life that now is, so far as there is anything good in it ; and the promise of the life that is to come, in which... | |
 | 1824 - 604 Seiten
...concerns of an eternal state : thus illustrating, in a peculiar and forcible manner, the observation, that godliness is profitable for all things, having...life that now is, as well as that which is to come. J. COUCH. ENGLISH LAW. — CHARACTERS OF SERVANTS. MR. EDITOR. SIR, — The value of a good servant... | |
 | 1819 - 610 Seiten
...deceive, since this is the custom of all? So little do they know, that godliness is profitable for the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. 25. It is reported, that the vessel in which our brethren sailed has arrived at the Cape of Good Hope.... | |
 | James Murray - 1819 - 386 Seiten
...reason why bishops are more holy than other men, because they are influenced with the promises of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. It was a great infelicity which befel the people of Moab, and which at last enslaved them, — that... | |
 | 174 Seiten
...the youngest breath ; Thus we're prepared for longer days, Or fit for early death.' In this respect, "godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Mr. Mason now rose to take his leave ; but at the request of Mrs.... | |
 | 1821 - 740 Seiten
...They will find it not merely eloquent and interesting, but highly instructive. Its lessons respect the life that now is as well as that which is to come, and are such as no man can safely disregard. They embrace what most concerns us as rational and accountable... | |
 | John Venn - 1822 - 478 Seiten
...fellow-creatures, a mind regulated by the precepts of Scripture, and a hope full of immortality; then godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. It is, therefore, a great mistake, to suppose the advantages of religion... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1894 - 602 Seiten
...look for a dial welcome of the Faith which deals with the Future through the present, and claims the life that now is as well as that which is to come.' * Certainly, if this were the case, there would be no need to discuss the inability of the Church to... | |
 | 1840 - 1122 Seiten
...; namely, ' that there is no means so effectual, under tbe divine blessing, to benefit man for the life that now is, as well as that which is to come, as Christianity.' " (Pages 502, 503.) Having given copious extracts from the evidence of Messrs. Coates,... | |
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Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. 
