 | Thomas Stratten - 1831 - 308 pages
...substituted for the life and power of godliness, which only is profitable for all things, and has the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. A reference is however here more especially made to the Apostle Paul, for the purpose of introducing... | |
 | Edward Curtis KEMP - 1834 - 224 pages
...future state of felicity ; that course of godliness which is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. There are two principal divisions in the Christian life : the reception of that faith in Christ... | |
 | 1834 - 546 pages
...gives us the best enjoyment of all these — " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come." • Here, then, is the true and correct statement — Men lose their souls, forfeit heaven,... | |
 | Ignotus Coaxus (pseud.) - 1835 - 224 pages
...was to him, what every breath of passion, and every thrill of sense, is to the ordinary man. With the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come, before him, who has such motives to virtue as the Christian ? and who is so motiveless as... | |
 | 1836 - 574 pages
...does it provide for man ? We answer with our Lord — LIFE. Life temporal, life eternal. It has the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. Man, in his state of nature, is doomed to death ; and he finds here a reprieve. Man lies on... | |
 | George William Lewis - 1836 - 446 pages
...quicken, and control, and purify his mind, not only will he be without that " godliness which has the promise of the life which now is and of that which is to come," but he will be also without that just estimate of either the one life or the other, which... | |
 | rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837 - 964 pages
...(of which indeed, if it be true charity, it is a part, as having its main regard to God,) and has the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. And in all these promises you may most fully trust the truth and fidelity of God; and whether... | |
 | John Brown Patterson - 1837 - 454 pages
...Living God:—" Godliness," as the apostle has deduced, "is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come."—" O taste and see that the Lord is good! blessed is the man that trusteth in him."— "... | |
 | Matthew Morris Preston - 1837 - 330 pages
...devoted to God is itself a perpetual feast : it is a spring of neverfailing joy and peace : it has the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come : it is the pledge and token of " an inheritance incorruptible, undenled, and that fadeth not... | |
 | 1838 - 638 pages
...as your guide and directory. Then you will find godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. Having, sir, thus freely addressed you from the word, and agreeable to it, and proposed the... | |
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... fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness : for bodily exercise is profitable for a little ; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. 
