| Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 650 lehte
...; and virtue can again call forth all its glories, even on the face of this dreary world. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. The piety, truth, and Benevolence, which adorned our first Parents, would again call down... | |
| Hannah More - 1818 - 502 lehte
...none. He soon found out that there was some meaning in that text which says, that Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as 'well as of that which is to come : for the same principles which make a man sober and honest, have also a natural tendency to... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1818 - 234 lehte
...life, ivith an ' humble submission to the -will of God. Lord, thou hast told us that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ;o and that if we seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, -other things... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 lehte
...practice of justice and charity among men. " Godliness, svo-eGeta, is " profitable unto all things, having promise of the life " that now is, as well as of that which is to come 1 :" and they whd assert religion to have been the invention ef priests or politicians, to... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 lehte
...practice of justice and charity among men. " Godliness, eua-s&w, is " profitable unto all things, having promise of the life " that now is, as well as of that which is-to come1:" and they who assert religion to have been the invention ®f priests or politicians, to... | |
| Caroline Matilda Thayer - 1819 - 230 lehte
...-required to relinquish any enjoyments, except such as are really pernicious. " Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." He that hath relinquished any of the delights of this life for the Gospel of Jesus Christ,... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 lehte
...violation of the Lord's Day, to which he had been before accustomed. We know who has said, "godliness hath promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." "IT SHALL BE PAID HIM AGAIN." I have always liked the beautiful expression of the verse quoted... | |
| Charles Robert Maturin - 1819 - 500 lehte
...refers it to, than the worldling in the very triumph of temporal felicity. Thus hath godliness the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come — a promise (not of its goods indeed, but) of its evils being converted into blessings, of... | |
| Johnson Grant - 1820 - 638 lehte
...and where diligence, steadiness, sobriety, and good principle, are allowed to make their way to the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. * * CHAPTER XXXII. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. I. Difficulty of preserving Unity or Connection... | |
| Barnabas Hill (fict.name.) - 1821 - 80 lehte
...the truth of the Apostle's declaration that " godliness, with contentment, is great gain ; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Often did they join together in singing the following favorite hymn : Father! \vhate'er of... | |
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