...can assure them, that the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and that all her paths are peace ; that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ; and that in keeping God's commandments there is great reward. Fifthly: This young gentlewoman...

...prove the truth of the observation in the text; that " Godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Having now sufficiently considered the several propositions of the text, I shall conclude...

...you a Christian, and think the purchase cheap. " Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." As I shall have more than one chapter on the advantages of piety, it will not be necessary...

...to a future state; but, in the despondency of his afflicted mind, he maintains that it has not' the promise of the life that now is,' as well as ' of that which is to come.' Here it was where his faith failed ; and here he is found exposed to the thrusts of assailants,...

...is " the truest " gain," 1 the surest happiness, the most choice condition of human being, " having promise of the life that now is," as well as " of that which is to come." 2 The " soul's health " then is its great and ultimate object. Now there is one book which...

...comes down from above, make you holy and make you amiable — then will you find that godliness is the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come — then will you find that wisdom will be more precious to you than rubies — that its loveliness,...

...contentment is" the truest "gain," the surest happiness, the most choice condition of human being, " having promise of the life that now is," as well as " of that which is to come." The " soul's health " then is its great and ultimate object. Now there is one book which...

...statement with some appearances that seem to contradict it. "Godliness," the apostle tells us," has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." That is, the true Christian really participates with others, in the moderate enjoyment of...

...and onward stages of his progress ; yet I still claim, that the word of the Lord standeth sure — ' that godliness . hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' In illustration of this position, it may in the first place be remarked, that the objects...

...bypast volume of human transactions, having for its moral, that " purity of life hath for its reward the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." To attest its truth, the parish church of Suverdsio, among the Dalecarlian hills, yet bears on its top...