| Jane Taylor - 1827 - 238 頁
...statement with some appearances that seem to contradict it. "Godliness," the apostle tells us," has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." That is, the true Christian really participates with others, in the moderate enjoyment of... | |
| 1827 - 590 頁
...contentment is" the truest "gain," the surest happiness, the most choice condition of human being, " having promise of the life that now is," as well as " of that which is to come." The " soul's health " then is its great and ultimate object. Now there is one book which... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 頁
...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 text, I shall conclude... | |
| 1827 - 394 頁
...comes down from above, make you holy and make you amiable — then will you find that godliness is the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come — then will you find that wisdom will be more precious to you than rubies — that its loveliness,... | |
| Joel Harvey Linsley - 1828 - 192 頁
...progress ; yet I still claim, that the word of the Lord standeth sure — ' that godliness . hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' In illustration of this position, it may in the first place be remarked, that the objects... | |
| John Ryland - 1828 - 534 頁
...Now, it is a certain and comfortable truth, that " Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." lTim.iv.8. But verily, my dear friend, I have no notion that God has made one promise of... | |
| 1828 - 502 頁
...fullness, or more energetic in all its sanctions, than that which attaches to true religion, " the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." But let us see how this same system, from whose influence we would rescue our countrymen,... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1828 - 328 頁
...religion are those of pleasantness and peace to all who honestly walk in them ; for " godliness hath promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." . Those amongst you who saw this poor girl, so early as in her sixteenth year, cut off out... | |
| John Angell James - 1828 - 294 頁
...felicities of heaven, DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR SOULS. " Godliness is profitable fdr all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Your situation is a very dangerous one ; you are in a very unprotected state ; and you need... | |
| Daniel Wilson - 1828 - 832 頁
...the whole race, especially of the vast crowds of its population ; every thing declares that she has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Much less am I to be understood as implying, that these details of our national and temporal... | |
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