 | Joseph Benson - Methodist Church - 1824 - 216 pages
...all apparent evils sanctified, and made to " work for our good." (Rom. viii. 28.) Thus is " godliness profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and," much more, " of that which is to come." — Protection and deliverance in time of public... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1825 - 426 pages
...sons of men were acquainted with ; not to the deceitful drudgery of sin, but to that godliness which is profitable to all things, " having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Sirs, do you know what a life of holiness is ? You do not know it,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 560 pages
...St. Paul said well, ' Bodily exercise profiteth but little ;' but of the latter sort, he added, ' but godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come :' and this indeed is our exactest measure. Fastings alone, lyings upon... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 642 pages
...necessities of the world and of this life) shall be added." — For so saitli the Apostle, " Piety is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." — And to this that of Homer ci rarely accords. *QffTs Tsu ') iSao-iAJjoj... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1829 - 250 pages
...sons of men were acquainted with; not to the deceitful drudgery of sin, but to that godliness which is profitable to all things, " having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Sirs, do you know what a life of holiness is? You do not know it,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 590 pages
...promises, which are his security from God, for soul and body. I sum up all in that one, 1 Tim. iv. 8. " Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." Judge whether godliness be the safest state. Can a man of so many... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 606 pages
...land, and worldly riches, how should we value that covenant and testament of our Lord ? In a word, " Godliness is profitable to all things ; having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come b. And what can any man desire more ? Yield therefore to the voice... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1834 - 326 pages
...importance of religion to the individuals under your care. Is it not the one thing needful? Is it not profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come? You cannot deny this. Can you then be indifferent to the religion... | |
 | 1834 - 1012 pages
...amelioration of their temporal condition, so as to give a practical exemplification of the truth, that •• Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life which now is, as well as that which is to come." This was the first experiment of the kind made in... | |
 | Daniel Atkinson Clark - 1836 - 342 pages
...condition under the heavens. " Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." " Godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that • which is to come." But there are a thousand reasons, a thousand times told, why... | |
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Bodily exercise profiteth but little ;" but of the latter sort, he added, "but godliness is profitable to all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come :" and this indeed is our exactest measure. 
