 | John Witherspoon - 1823 - Страниц: 332
...estimation of others, the present fulfilment of the apostolic declaration, that " godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come?" Bat it is not merely by his obtaining credit with the irreligious world, that the Christian... | |
 | George Horne - 1824 - Страниц: 452
...practice of justice and .charity among men. " Godliness, ev«/3aa, is profitable unto all things, " having promise of the life that now is, as well " as of that which is to come f:" and they who assert religion to have been the invention of priests or politicans, to keep... | |
 | 1824 - Страниц: 588
...religion, even with respect to the comforts of the present life, are very great. " Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." It prevents many evils, which, without it, cannot be prevented; and secures many blessings,... | |
 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - Страниц: 396
...him come " unto me, and drink." The blessed Gospel of Christ is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to cmne. Although, with respect to our temporal affairs, it offers no stores of wealth ; by teaching... | |
 | John Mason - 1824 - Страниц: 340
...shall be well with them that fear God;' Eccles. viii. 12.— and in short,) I 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... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1824 - Страниц: 216
...it appears that it is our interest to possess this religion. — Temporally ; " Godliness having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ; " of the necessaries of life ; (Matt. vi. 33 ;) of all things useful ; (Psalm Ixxxiv. 11... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - Страниц: 652
...virtue can again call forth all its glories, even on the face of this dreary world. ' Godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' The piety, truth, and benevolence which adorned our first parents, would again call down... | |
 | John Ireland - 1825 - Страниц: 480
...assertion of the apostle ; and the Gospel, thus persecuted and apparently forlorn, was still declared to have the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ! Let us extend this view beyond the limits of the apostolic age, and follow the Gospel in... | |
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...may say, (and I say it with joy and gratitude, as illustrative of the truth, that godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come,) I have been young, and am now in middle life, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,... | |
 | Richard Lloyd - 1825 - Страниц: 392
...awfully defaced by the apostacy of our first parents. It appears, that Christianity has indeed ' the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' She forbids no enjoyments, but what are injurious to our temporal as well as spiritual welfare.... | |
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... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
