 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...  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Page 3991859Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - Dogma - 1825 - 794 pages
...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.... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 806 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 660 pages
...for 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... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...barns ; yet 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... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - Religious thought - 1825 - 388 pages
...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... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...man, 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 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 - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...man, 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 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 pages
...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... | |
 | Theology - 1826 - 478 pages
...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... | |
 | Baptists - 1826 - 436 pages
...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... | |
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