 | William Mason - 1765 - 522 pagine
...and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. — Gen. viii. 22. "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come," 1 Tim. iv. 8. By faith we receive the declarations of Jehovah, as... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1787 - 166 pagine
...be well with //fowEcclef. that fear God; and in fhort, that GoMnefs^n. 12. has' the Promife of the Life that now is as well as of that which is to come ; I think 8. we may certainly conclude, that a ftrift Observance of the Duties of the Chfiftian Religion,... | |
 | 1810 - 582 pagine
...and prayer, was sweet and pleasant to me. I soon proved the truth of St. Paul's. words to Timothy,'' Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is. to come.' The change in my conduct was so great, that it could not long escape... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1812 - 538 pagine
...must attribute the happy alteration of manners in those barbarous regions. Christian godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. While it conducts enslaved souls into liberty, and, turning them from the power of Satan to... | |
 | George Haggitt - 1796 - 408 pagine
...than they all. 277 SERMON XX. THE TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL ADVANTAGES OF GODLINESS. j TIMOTHY iv. 8. « Godliness is profitable unto all things; having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 293 SERMON XXI. SUNDAY SCHOOL. PROV. xxii. 6. Train up a child in... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1799 - 494 pagine
...unbelievers. There fjiall be wailing, and gnaJJiing of teeth. SERMON. SERMON XII. 1 TIMOTHY 4. Viil. GODLINESS IS PROFITABLE UNTO ALL THINGS) HAVING THE PROMISE OF THE LIFE THAT NOW IS, AND OF THAT WHICH IS TO COME. godlinefs depends chiefly on the promife of the life, that is to... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pagine
...bitterness of spirit, in sorrow, and melancholy sadness ? No. The very reverse of all this is truth. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Godliness with contentment is great gain." Instead of diminishing,... | |
 | 1815 - 436 pagine
...instruments of righteousness unto God. This is real godliness : this is what is profitable unto nil things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. The form of godliness, too often and too fatally mis. taken for it, brings no just peace to... | |
 | 1842
...contrast between Christian and heathen villages isforcibly drawn in the following note : — ' The proof that godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come, was never, I think, made more manifest than in the contrast between... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1802 - 326 pagine
...fhall be well with them ' that fear God ;" and in fhort, that " god* linefs has the promife of the life that now * is," as well as " of that which is to come;" I think we may certainly conclude, that a ft rict obfervance of the duties of the chriftian religion,... | |
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It respects temporal good, to show that " godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come, 
