 | William Sherlock - 1704 - 448 lehte
...The chief Promifes and Threatnings of the Gofpel relate to the otherWorld ; Godlinefs, indeed, hath the promife of the life that now is, as well as that which is to came} but the Temporal Promifes made to a holy and virtuous Life, are fuch as worldly-minded men cannot... | |
 | Thomas Gregory - 1708 - 368 lehte
...run counter to the Laws of Godlinefs, which is profitable for all Things, having the Promifeof the Life that now is, as well as that which is to come : To unhinge at once the Intellectual, Moral, and Natural World ; and (as much as in us lies) to throw... | |
 | Philo-Delphus (pseud.) - 1719 - 332 lehte
...depart from it. Qj It it 4 charitable Cvflom-t fvch as tends ti the Good of Children i ^t. Yes. For Godlinefs is profitable unto all things, having the Promife of the Life that now is, and alfo of that which is to come, i Tint.lv. 8. Catechlft. flow to make fome Ufe of this, as the Chriftian... | |
 | Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 lehte
...Kingdom of God and his Righteoufneis, and al! thefe Things (hall be added unto you. i Tim. iv. 9. But Godlinefs is profitable unto all things, having the Promife of the Life that now is, and of that which is to come. i Tim. iii. 16. And without Controverfy, great is the Myftery of Godlinefs... | |
 | 1770 - 440 lehte
...from tliefe two extremes ; its n-ture is exemplified by its happy erTccls in the earth. It is indeed ' profitable unto all things, having the promife of the life that now is, and alió of that which is to come.' God hath made us rational beings, and therefore the religion he... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1751 - 420 lehte
...which he had been difiuading them) VI. jhall be added unto you. The other is, i Tim. iv. 8. Godlinefe is profitable unto all things, having the promife of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. For the firft, it is plain our Lord's defign is to fhew the folly of... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1758 - 276 lehte
...Being, are not mentioned, in the Gofpels or Epiftles : but Godlintfs hath the Promife there of the Life that now is, as well as that which is to come J ; and the Revelation of St. John, a prophetical Work, defcribes whole Kingdoms, and yet larger Portions... | |
 | Theophilus Lobb - 1761 - 330 lehte
...Happinefs, to Happinefs both in this World and in that which is to come. It is declared in i Tim. v. 8. That Godlinefs is profitable unto all Things, having the Promife of the Life that now is, and of that whisk it to come. i The Abundance of precious Promifes, Promife* of Bleffings, fpiritual... | |
 | William Warburton - 1765 - 452 lehte
...Chriftians, the advantages of moral above ritual oblervances, fays, " Bodily exercife profiteth little; but godlinefs is " profitable unto all things -, having the promife '* of the life that now is, and of that which is to *' -come V That is, though numerous ritual obfervances were enjoined by the... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1771 - 488 lehte
...goods. Having CHRIST, though we have nothing elfe, we poflefs all things. However, fince godlinefs hath the promife of the life that now is, as well as that which is to come, I would advife you to plead the promifcs for temporal blefllngs. In the name of JESUS, many a fweet... | |
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Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is. What has the dark, morbid, unhappy sensualist to do with it? Godliness hath the promise of the life "that now is," as well as "that which is to come. 
