| George Tomline - Bible - 1818 - 608 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 to come (c)" would destroy, or in any respect weaken, a principle which is the foundation of every... | |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Christian life - 1818 - 280 pages
...jealousies and animosities retire into the shades of forgetfulness ! Yes, my hearers, godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come. The spirit of Christian benevolence is the only one which will change, completely, the aspect... | |
| 1823 - 836 pages
...comfort and delight wherever they go, by shewing " that godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come." PHILADELPHUS. PS I will, at some future opportunity, with your permission, point out an easy... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1823 - 836 pages
...comfort and delight wherever they go, by shewing " that godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come." PHILADELPHIA. PS I will, at some future opportunity, with your permission, point out an easy... | |
| 1824 - 542 pages
...spiritual and eternal, acts contrary to this plain dictate of common sense ! — Besides, godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come : and we arc likely to have as much comfort in the world, when the only wise God manages and... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - Society of Friends - 1825 - 362 pages
...that ALL THINGS work together for good to them that love God ;" Rom. viii, 28, Godliness, however, has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come ; we may, therefore, entertain a reasonable confidence, that our temporal happiness and safety,... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1825 - 344 pages
...spiritual and eternal, acts contrary to this plain dictate of common sense! — Besides, godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come: and we are likely to have as much comfort in the world, when the only wise God manages and... | |
| Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1825 - 248 pages
...sobriety, and whose conduct entitles him to respect and esteem from all good men ; thus " godliness hath the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come."* But there may be a great difference between a good and a bad man, as I have already observed,... | |
| William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley - Christianity - 1826 - 806 pages
...brought up in our parochial schools who feel and acknowledge the tnith of the word, " that godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come." The designs of the Committee, it is hoped, will be clearly seen under the following heads,... | |
| Thom Scott - Theology - 1826 - 520 pages
...spiritual and eternal, acts contrary to this plain dictate of common sense ! — Besides, godliness has the promise of this life, as well as of that which is to come: and vre are likely to have as much comfort in the world, when the only wise God manages and... | |
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