 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and...  Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion - Page 290by Joseph Priestley - 1782 - 2 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Forster Burder - 1825 - 388 pages
...brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. Wherefore, having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich, fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825 - 604 pages
...7i 8. Godliness with contentment is great gain — -for tre brought nothing info the world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out — and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. RESTLESSNESS and impatience in the situation of life they are placed in, is in some... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 422 pages
...C, 7, 8. Godliness with contentment is great gain — for we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out — and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content - - - - 208 Page XXIII. SUICIDE. 2 Sam . xvii. 23. And when Ahithophel saw that his... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1825 - 632 pages
...godliness with contentment is great " gain ;" for, says he, " we brought nothing into " this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing " out. And, having food and raiment, let us be " therewith content." In considering the subject we may, I. Notice the connexion between godliness... | |
 | 1825 - 806 pages
...a consideration of the end of human life. " We brought nothing," says he, " into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out; and having food and raiment, let us therewith be content." And on another occasion, having dwelt at large on some relative duties, as if... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 pages
...vi. 6, 7. godliness with contentment is great gain ; for we brought nothing into /At* world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out : and having food and raiment let us therewith be content. Heb. xiii. 5. be content with such things as ye have. Even in poverty. Psal.... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 pages
...unnecessary things, as if it were the top of your ambition to say, in hell, that you died rich. " Godliness with contentment is great gain : for we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we cant carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? Matt. vi. 25, 26. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it it certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. But... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 692 pages
...places it high in the rank of virtues. It is enjoined on various grounds in the Scriptures : " Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing...nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content *. — Be content with such things as ye have ; for he hath said, I will never leave... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 620 pages
...places it high in the rank of virtues. It is enjoined on various grounds in the Scriptures : " Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing...nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content *. — Be content with such things as ye have ; for he hath said, I will never leave... | |
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