 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pagina’s
...the most prosperous ? So that you could say, that godliness was profitable unto all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. No doubt, it must be our duty and our wisdom, to seek our happiness from God. And when we... | |
 | 1850 - 358 pagina’s
...in a weary land, though it be a land of darkness !and of the shadow of death ;" yea, they shall have the promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come : so that when the summons for their departure arrives, they shall desire it, knowing that... | |
 | Thomas Boston, James Baine - 1850 - 376 pagina’s
...knowledge in point of profit and usefulness ; " for godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come," 1 Tim. iv. 8. Arts and sciences, it must be acknowledged, have their usefulness ; philosophy... | |
 | Joseph Salway Eisdell - 1852 - 244 pagina’s
...to the Christian ; for St. Paul asserts, that " godliness is profitable unto all things, — having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come." The guidance, the sanctions, and restraints of religious principles tend to the wealth of... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 pagina’s
...This lovely garden is but a picture of the heart that is firmly established in the ways of virtue. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace." 9. While they were thus conversing, and as they were passing near the gateway, the youth saw on the... | |
 | 1853 - 642 pagina’s
...heavenly Father. The " kingdom of heaven" is then in the heart ; and we find it true that " godliness has the promise of the life which now is and of that which is to corne." The objection that Christianity prevents proper attention to secular duties, it is easily... | |
 | Alfred Bunn - 1853 - 348 pagina’s
...pleasant men of high literary attainments can be; in short, to steal a holy thought from a holy volume, " its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace." By the margin of its fine rivers we have strolled, and thought over all these things; and we shall... | |
 | 1853 - 276 pagina’s
...by his politics and his piety, and shew that his " godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come." But if he gives himself to the spirit and tactics of party warfare, and joins hand and heart... | |
 | John Mills - 1853 - 432 pagina’s
...of Moses. It is a tree of life to those that lay hold on it ; and the supporters thereof are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Length of days is in its right hand, and on its left are riches and honour. The Lord was. pleased for... | |
 | Closet exercises - 1853 - 170 pagina’s
...assurance of competent supplies of temporal goods ; for " Godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come," and t( If we seek first the Kingdom of heaven, and its righteousness, all these things shall... | |
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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. 
