| 1829 - 396 páginas
...It was devised and bestowed upon mankind for this purpose— containing in its ample provisions the promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come : and it is, in all its moral tendencies, eminently adapted tx> the ends for which it was designed.... | |
| William Jay - 1829 - 538 páginas
...And not only under the Law, but under the Gospel, godliness is profitable unto all things ; and nas promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. The promise before us extends to all the temporal support of his people: but there is wisdom... | |
| Samuel Arnold - 1829 - 100 páginas
...church. " Godliness is " now, and 1 Tim. always has been, " profitable unto all things, iv. 8. having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." But the sum and substance of the covenant was this, * See note on page 5. " To be a God unto... | |
| Henry Moore - 1830 - 468 páginas
...the Gospel. So far from it, they have found that " godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Nor need this cast them down, or be a source of temptation to them, if, indeed, they have... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 536 páginas
...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... | |
| 1830 - 454 páginas
...us in the Gospel, in this life : to show the truth of the Apostle's words, that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come : to see whether there may not be contained in it all the comforts of righteousness, peace,... | |
| Jane Alice Sargant - 1830 - 486 páginas
...eyes, and Christian principle conquered human infirmity. And behold our recompense — you reap the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ; a fond and approving husband, dear and virtuous children surround you. It is your happy lot... | |
| Jane Taylor - 1830 - 306 páginas
...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... | |
| 1831 - 456 páginas
...v. 16— fl Cor. iii. 16— J Rom, viii, 26. bf rs of your households — for " godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Still another of those duties, iu the performance of which our forefathers were scrupulously... | |
| John Witherspoon - 1830 - 274 páginas
...estimation of others, the present fulfilment of the apostolic declaration, that " godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ?" But it is not merely by his obtaining credit with the irreligious world, that the Christian... | |
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