 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...  An Enquiry After Happiness in Three Parts - Page 285by Richard Lucas - 1735Full view - About this book
 | Henry Forster Burder - 1825 - 388 lehte
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 lehte
...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.... | |
 | 1825 - 806 lehte
...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... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 lehte
...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... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 lehte
...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... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 620 lehte
...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 - 692 lehte
...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... | |
 | John Worthington - 1826 - 206 lehte
...womb, and naked shall I return thither.~] I have as much still as I brought into the world with me, for " we brought nothing into this world ; and it is certain, we can carry nothing out :'" and that which I have lost, was not my own ; it was lent me by God, who might call for it again, whensoever... | |
 | 1826 - 478 lehte
...the apostle ex101 103 pressly declares. " For, says he, we brought nothing into this world, nnd it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content." Christ represents that man as a fool, who laid up goods for many years, that did... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 854 lehte
...brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. Having, therefore, 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 perdition. For... | |
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