 | John Gill - 1796 - 498 pages
...will be suffici. ent for tlietn ; that as their day is, their strength shall be ; yea, godliness lias the promise of this life, and of that which is to come; and therefore that, with contentment, is great gain. vi. Eternal glory and happiness; which is promised,... | |
 | 1848 - 726 pages
...A short time before his departure he testified that godliness was profitable to all things, having the promise of this life, and of that which is to come. Ho finished his course ; he had kept the faith ; and is now departed to receive that crown of righteousness,... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...industrious ; it tends even to worldly prosperity. " Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of this life, and of that which is to come." How can any man say he has no time for religion, when the Sabbath-day is appointed for that very purpose... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 478 pages
...and are never disappointed : the world is then to us, what it might be to all : for godliness hath the promise of this life, and of that which is to come : it is not more surely the way to glory above, than to peace and comfort below. Who is it that leads... | |
 | 1803 - 490 pages
...God, and very conducive to salvation ; and that it is one of those duties of godliness, which have the promise of this life, and of that which is to come." In a note subjoined to this text, the Author makes these observations upon it. " The question resolves... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...contentment is great <: gain," yea the greatest of gains; " It is profita" ble for all things; having the promise of this " life and of that which is to come." III. Let us then conclude with some practical instructions. Many young persons, being brought in the... | |
 | Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 588 pages
...of it, by avoiding these two extreams, and walking in the golden mean of true godliness, which hath the promise of this life, and of that which is to come. Vale. One more remarkable thing he told me : That, when he was in Clerkenwell prison, the seventeenth... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 pages
...and of grace require also a sincere obedience . The covenant that requireth sincere obedience, with the promise of this life, and of that which is to come, is a covenant of works, or a covenant of grace. Some think that it was a mixed covenant, composed of... | |
 | James Burdwood - 1814 - 158 pages
...feet (as it were) of godliness, and of those that profess it, in the power of it ; godliness having the promise of this life, and of that which is to come," 1 Tim. iv. 8. and, notwithstanding believers have a true title to all the good of both worlds; yet,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 730 pages
...own and acknowledge his power. Godliness is profitable to all things : this we plainly see; and it has the promise of this life and of that which is to come. Nor can they ultimately be losers who follow the Son of God, for he is the heir of all things in heaven... | |
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God's threatened curse ; and godliness hath the promise of this life, and of that which is to come , and so is profitable to all things. 
