 | Charlotte Elizabeth - Flower language - 1840 - 344 pages
...testimony that " the peace which passeth all understanding" is no chimera ; and that godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as" of that which is to come. Yet the word is sure : " In the world ye shall 134 have tribulation ;" and D. experienced... | |
 | James Haldane Stewart - Devotional literature - 1841 - 404 pages
...carries on his ordinary affairs in this spirit of prayer, will find the truth of that word, " Godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come :" but especially they will find it thus who are exposed to any sudden trial. These silent... | |
 | Harvey Newcomb - Christian life - 1841 - 416 pages
...creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;" and godliness has the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. The religion of some people seems to consist chiefly in denying themselves of lawful enjoyments... | |
 | sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1843 - 508 pages
...is essential to the very existence of civil society; and it is not to be believed that the Gospel, which " has the promise of this life as well as of that which is come0," would destroy, or in any respect weaken, a principle which is the foundation of every social... | |
 | David Russell - 1843 - 540 pages
...place, for all others are but subservient to them; but yet the latter are included. Godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8. But unquestionably, the true knowledge of God, the forgiveness of sin, and renovation... | |
 | Robert Benton Seeley - Great Britain - 1843 - 442 pages
...treasures of the unjust ; and it would be found too, that godliness is profitable for all things ; having the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. We know that there are such men even now at the bar, and prospering there : we say to them,... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1847 - 592 pages
...that which is to come. Still, it is undeniable that "godliness is profitable unto all things," and has the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. Look around you, and you will see that it is so. You never " saw a righteous man forsaken,... | |
 | Peace - 1845 - 620 pages
...whatever the result, so long as they obey his law, so long are they safe in his hands. Godliness, however, has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come ; and we may therefore entertain a reasonable confidence, that our temporal happiness and safety,... | |
 | 822 pages
...higher position in life than the average one ; for character has an earthly reward, and godliness hath the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. We therefore conclude that there is nothing in the outward condition of British Christians... | |
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which has the promise of this life as well as of that which is to come. 
