| Joseph John Gurney - Society of Friends - 1825 - 362 pages
...that ALL THINGS work together for good to them that love God ;" Rom. viii, 28, Godliness, however, has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come ; we may, therefore, entertain a reasonable confidence, that our temporal happiness and safety,... | |
| Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1825 - 248 pages
...sobriety, and whose conduct entitles him to respect and esteem from all good men ; thus " godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come."* But there may be a great difference between a good and a bad man, as I have already observed,... | |
| William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley - Christianity - 1826 - 806 pages
...there are many brought up in our parochial schools who feel and acknowledge the tnith of the word, " that godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come." The designs of the Committee, it is hoped, will be clearly seen under the following heads,... | |
| Thom Scott - Theology - 1826 - 520 pages
...in things spiritual and eternal, acts contrary to this plain dictate of common sense ! — Besides, godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come: and vre are likely to have as much comfort in the world, when the only wise God manages and... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1826 - 424 pages
...in things spiritual and eternal, acts contrary to this pluin dictate of common sense ! — Besides, godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come : and we are likely to have as much comfort in the world, when the only wise God manages and... | |
| 1826 - 938 pages
...the faith and zeal of that holy man. Thus God blesses his faithful servants ; and thus has godliness the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. — The Same. Go : come. — What more lamentable and more dreadful can be thought of, than... | |
| 1826 - 870 pages
...this, and this alone, is really profitable either to the body or the soul ; for godliness only hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. To follow the evil example which has been described, is both debasing and injurious: we sacrifice,... | |
| Kanousky - 1828 - 110 pages
...exclaiming, when he looked at his decent and respectable dress, as he arose in the morning, " Godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come." " Since I have served God, how abundantly hath he provided for me." When the servants had... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 620 pages
...to receive, or to do good than to gain it ; and that godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come, — are truths pencilled in sunbeams on the experience of man. They are truths which, if •we... | |
| Hester Chapone - 1829 - 208 pages
...at length attain the true Christian meekness, which is blessed in the sight of God and man : " which has the promise of this life as well as of that which is to coma." Then will you pity, in others, those infirmities which you have conquered in yourself; and... | |
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