 | Hannah More - 1818 - 502 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1818 - 234 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...hand which he 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... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Thayer - 1819 - 230 pagina’s
...-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,... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1820 - 638 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Joseph Milner, Rev. Isaac Milner - 1821 - 480 pagina’s
...persons here, who know in some real degree, what these things mean. You can witness that " godliness has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." But perhaps the most instructive view of this part of our subject may be, to show the want... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1821 - 168 pagina’s
...it shall be well with them that fear God: Eccles. viii. 12. and, in short, that Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come; 1 Tim. iv. 8. we may certainly conclude, that a strict observance of the duties of the Christian... | |
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... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
