 | James Hare - 1809 - 412 pages
...a rewarder of such as diligently seek him, in this world as well as the next, (godliness having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come,) God accordingly gives to those who love, honour, and obey him, a reward in this life worthy of himself;... | |
 | 1843 - 636 pages
...cleanliness of his cabin, and his daily comforts. " Truly godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come." With a light heart and cheerful step, Dennis Mahony, early the next morning was on his road to Dublin;... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...considerations, I presume, sufficiently 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... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1816 - 422 pages
...felicity, it also brings us temporal peace. " Godliness is profitable to all .things, having " the promise of the life that now is, as *' well as that which is to come." If he be poor and needy, and scarcely able, by all tke exertions of honest industry, to provide for... | |
 | 1824 - 604 pages
...peculiar and forcible manner, the observation, that godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the 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... | |
 | James Murray - 1819 - 386 pages
...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... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...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.... | |
 | 1821 - 740 pages
...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... | |
 | 1841 - 1234 pages
...free-seats, showing that religion has done something for him ; showing that that godliness, which is said to be " profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come," has been so far profitable to him in his temporal circumstances,... | |
 | 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 pages
...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... | |
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He did not see why true believers, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come... 
