 | Henry Ware, American Unitarian Association - 1827 - 512 pages
...state. Now, all this seems to us, a low and narrow way of thinking. RELIGION is HAPPINESS. It has the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. It enables us to make the most of this world and of the future, at the same time. The interests of... | |
 | John Angell James - 1827 - 198 pages
...eternal. In this respect also, and on this ground, religion can plead its advantages, for it has '' the promise of the life that now is," as well as that which is to come. I do not assert, that religion will conduct all its followers to wealth, honour, and health. No. Still,... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...happiness in the midst of sorrows was a proof that their trust was in Him. Thus was fulfilled to them the promise of " the life that now is, as well as that which is to come ;" thus it is that a Christian mind gives the greatest happiness even in this world, thus it is that... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 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... | |
 | Samuel Charles Wilks - 1828 - 504 pages
...worldly expectations ; for although it is the exclusive privilege of the Christian that he has " the " promise of the life that now is," as well as " that which is to come ;" yet his hopes being conversant almost entirely with objects spiritual and eternal, he learns to... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 pages
...also heavenly and everlasting; like godliness, his teaching is profitable for all tkingt, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. All may here attain the great prize, and the pursuit of it shall not be full of anxiety/and toilsome... | |
 | Samuel Charles Wilks - 1829 - 426 pages
...worldly expectations ; for although it is the exclusive privilege of the Christian that he has " the promise of the life that now is," as well as " that which is to come ;" yet his hopes being conversant almost entirely with objects spiritual and eternal, he learns to... | |
 | 1829 - 396 pages
...xiii. 8. — " Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. THE Bible gives directions concerning the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. The field of the gospel preacher, though limited by Scripture, is wide and extensive. The subjects... | |
 | 1831 - 456 pages
...indulgence; but we do assert, that amidst them all, godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8 ; and that the Israel of God have here a happiness unequalled by all the enjoyments of... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1830 - 368 pages
...also heavenly and everlasting ; like godliness, his teaching is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. All may here attain the great prize, and the pursuit of it shall not be full of anxiety and toilsome... | |
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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... 
