 | Richard Lloyd - 1825 - 392 頁
...awfully defaced by the apostacy of our first parents. It appears, that Christianity has indeed ' the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' She forbids no enjoyments, but what are injurious to our temporal as well as spiritual welfare.... | |
 | Thomas Babington - 1826 - 294 頁
...conduce to the happiness of the scholar, is apparent. So true is it, in this as in every thing, that " godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." The disposition which we are considering crowns all those which have been mentioned, at the... | |
 | John Worthington - 1826 - 206 頁
...the will of God is also highly conducing to our temporal good : And that not only because it " hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of " that which is to come ;"1 but also because it tends in its own nature hereunto. Here I will particularly, yet very... | |
 | 1840 - 538 頁
...enterprise, the truth of the Scripture which declares, that godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come. " The establishment entrusted to my superintendence being dependent for support upon the voluntary... | |
 | Jane Taylor - 1827 - 238 頁
...the 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1827 - 482 頁
...ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and that all her paths are peace ; that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ; and that in keeping God's commandments there is great reward. Fifthly: This young gentlewoman... | |
 | Henry Budd - 1827 - 1150 頁
...is " the truest " gain," 1 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." 2 The " soul's health " then is its great and ultimate object. Now there is one book which... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
| |
... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
