 | Ignotus Coaxus (pseud.) - 1835 - 224 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1836 - 574 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | George William Lewis - 1836 - 446 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837 - 964 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 606 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Mark Wilks - 1838 - 218 pagina’s
...raises us to glory, honour, and immortality. It is the most happy life, and can you be happy too soon? Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Its privileges and its duties, its present influence and its future prospects, all lead to happiness.... | |
 | William Cutter Hanscom - 1838 - 226 pagina’s
...believe it to be Heaven's best gift to man. It is our friend in adversity, and our monitor in prosperity. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. By the touch of its purifying wand, the veil which has shrouded the inquisitive searching's of the... | |
 | J. G. F - 1839 - 430 pagina’s
...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)... | |
 | Henry Blunt - 1839 - 360 pagina’s
...To you it is the never-ceasing testimony to the power of God and the love of God in Christ Jesus, " the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come," written as with a sunbeam upon your heart ; for if a child of God, then an heir, an heir... | |
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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. 
