 | William Melmoth - 1787 - 166 pages
...be well with //fowEcclef. that fear God; and in fhort, that GoMnefs^n. 12. has' the Promife of the Life that now is as well as of that which is to come ; I think 8. we may certainly conclude, that a ftrift Observance of the Duties of the Chfiftian Religion,... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1812 - 538 pages
...principal cause, we must attribute the happy alteration of manners in those barbarous regions. Christian godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. While it conducts enslaved souls into liberty, and, turning them from the power of Satan to... | |
 | 1815 - 436 pages
...righteousness unto God. This is real godliness : this is what is profitable unto nil things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. The form of godliness, too often and too fatally mis. taken for it, brings no just peace to... | |
 | William Melmoth - Apologetics - 1802 - 326 pages
...fhall be well with them ' that fear God ;" and in fhort, that " god* linefs has the promife of the life that now * is," as well as " of that which is to come;" I think we may certainly conclude, that a ft rict obfervance of the duties of the chriftian religion,... | |
 | Hannah More - Conduct of life - 1803 - 474 pages
...none. He soort found out that therc was some meaning in that text which says, that Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that tvhich is to come: for the same principles which make a man sober and honest, have also a natural tendency... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, French - 1804 - 442 pages
...motive, in order to attach men to the laws of Jesus Christ. Godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8. He that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil,... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1804 - 828 pages
...certain and comfortable truth, that " Godlinefs is profitable for all things, having the promife of die life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." i. Tim. iv. 8. But verily, my dear friend, / have no flat Qod heu ruadt tni frem^fc ef temporal lilejings... | |
 | Children - 1836 - 498 pages
...interests to prosper, as well as give them spiritual and everlasting riches. Has not the righteous promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ? But it is not enough to read the Scriptures, we must read them as the Word of God. We must... | |
 | Presbyterian Church - 1806 - 650 pages
...Now, it is a certain and comfortable truth, that " goodness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come," 1 Tim. iv. 8. But verily, my dear friend, / have no notion that God has made one promise... | |
 | Samuel Austin - Church - 1807 - 344 pages
...type of heaven. It was promised in the same light that godliness, under the latter dispensation, has "promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." God promised also that he would make of Abraham a great nation ; but it was not to be such... | |
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... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come. 
