| Ignotus Coaxus (pseud.) - 1835 - 224 pages
...influence 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... | |
| George William Lewis - 1836 - 446 pages
...and 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... | |
| 1836 - 574 pages
...What 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... | |
| rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837 - 964 pages
...godliness, (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... | |
| 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... | |
| John Brown Patterson - 1837 - 454 pages
...the 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."— "... | |
| 1838 - 606 pages
...which the moth cannot corrupt, nor the thief steal ; it prepares to live, it prepares to die ; it has the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. Nor in making mention of our friend must we withhold his love to the family of Christ. Never,... | |
| 1838 - 638 pages
...of it 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... | |
| J. G. F - 1839 - 430 pages
...thing, and comprehends every thing which our state in this lower world can possibly require. It has the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. And what strict, what extensive, what infinitely comprehensive morality (inward and outward)... | |
| Charles Neat - 1839 - 398 pages
...experienced, in believing communion with the SAVIOUR. " Godliness is profitable unto all " things ; having the promise of the life which now " is, and of that which is to come." All things belong to him who is in CHRIST, " whether life or death, or " things present,... | |
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