 | William Mason - 1765 - 526 pages
...and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. — Gen. viii. 22. "Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come," 1 Tim. iv. 8. By faith we receive the declarations of Jehovah, as... | |
 | 1810 - 578 pages
...and prayer, was sweet and pleasant to me. I soon proved the truth of St. Paul's. words to Timothy,'' Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is. to come.' The change in my conduct was so great, that it could not long escape... | |
 | George Haggitt - 1796 - 410 pages
...than they all. 277 SERMON XX. THE TEMPORAL AND ETERNAL ADVANTAGES OF GODLINESS. j TIMOTHY iv. 8. « Godliness is profitable unto all things; having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 293 SERMON XXI. SUNDAY SCHOOL. PROV. xxii. 6. Train up a child in... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1799 - 496 pages
...unbelievers. There fjiall be wailing, and gnaJJiing of teeth. SERMON. SERMON XII. 1 TIMOTHY 4. Viil. GODLINESS IS PROFITABLE UNTO ALL THINGS) HAVING THE PROMISE OF THE LIFE THAT NOW IS, AND OF THAT WHICH IS TO COME. godlinefs depends chiefly on the promife of the life, that is to... | |
 | 1804 - 496 pages
...bitterness of spirit, in sorrow, and melancholy sadness ? No. The very reverse of all this is truth. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Godliness with contentment is great gain." Instead of diminishing,... | |
 | 1842
...contrast between Christian and heathen villages isforcibly drawn in the following note : — ' The proof that godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come, was never, I think, made more manifest than in the contrast between... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 488 pages
...soul of eternal felicity. Let us never forger, " That without holiness, no man shall see the Lord. Godliness " is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that " naw is, and of that which is to come.'' SERMON XXXV. TO GO D THE GREAT COMMANDMENT. MARK .m, 80.... | |
 | 1806 - 418 pages
...untimely grave, many of your fellow beings. Real and peculiar advantages result from early piety. " Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." It gives dignity to youth, and extorts from the unprincipled some... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 548 pages
...Fromines to the godly. Ps. iv. 3. The Lord hath set apnrthim that is godly for himself. 1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto all Things, -having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. vi. 6. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 2 Pet. ii. 9. The... | |
 | Herman Witsius - 1807 - 360 pages
...the writer of the Proverbs, chap. xxi. 21. Paul tells us " that godliness is great gain, and that it is profitable unto all things, .having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come:" and that " good works are good and profitable unto men," 1 Tim.... | |
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