 | 1839 - 412 pages
...father, and the father truly loves his children ; thus evidencing the fact that " godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come ;" because he can now look his friends in the face, and cheerfully enjoy their society, and find in... | |
 | John Warburton - 1837 - 154 pages
...supremely good when he denies, and knowing that godliness, with contentment, is great gain, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come! And, dear brother, it is sweet to know that all the promises are treasured up in the heart of our most... | |
 | Caroline Wilson - 1837 - 320 pages
...you are exhorted to put on. He does not bid you sacrifice this life to the next; He offers you the life that now is as well as that which is to come ; sweets that will leave no bitterness upon the lip : joys that will instruct you of the joys of heaven... | |
 | 1837 - 312 pages
...important fact, that there is no means so effectual, under the divine hlessing, to henefit man for the life that now is, as well as that which is to come, as the glorious Gospel of the hlessed God. Deplorahle Want of Church Room in London. The population... | |
 | 1838 - 728 pages
...We are also taught in scripture on this wise — " Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come." " Ye are MY FRIENDS, IF YE no whatsoever I command you." " IP ANY MAN serve me, him will my father... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
...considerations, I presume, sufficiently prove the truth of the observation in I he 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... | |
 | 1838 - 250 pages
...said "if he will love life," &c. ? Eternal life, I should think ; hut " godliness is profitable to the life that now is, as well as that which is to come." "What check will this hope put upon the tongue ? Guile ? Deceit, falsehood. Eschew ? Avoid. Ensue it... | |
 | William Innes - 1839 - 246 pages
...principles of the strictest justice, and ihe purest benevolence. In this way, it shows how godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come, and how a far higher measure of present enjoyment will result from being under its influence, than... | |
 | 1839 - 584 pages
...Christ's sake and the Gospel's. We shall prove that godliness is profitable to all things, and hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. " The meek shall inherit the earth ;'' and he will " give us richly all things to enjoy." I suppose... | |
 | Protestant association - 1853 - 406 pages
...ameliorates the social life of man, at the same time that it saves his soul, and is thus profitable for the life that now is, as well as that which is to come. (1 Tim. iv. 8.) This is often shown in the experience of the successful missionary ; take the New Zealanders,... | |
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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... 
