...described ; this none can deny, who rightly understand the meaning of that scripture, ip which it is said, that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8. But, so far as it affects the argument we are maintaining, we must consider,...

...described ; this none can deny, who rightly understand the meaning of that scripture, in which it is said, that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come, 1 Tim. iv. 8. But, so far as it affects the argument we are maintaining, we must consider,...

...the gospel promote our temporal, as well as spiritual and eternal advantage. True religion has the promise of the life that now is, as well as- of that which is to come. As the public services at Wooburn were only morning and evening, Mr. English, soon after his...

...prove the truth of the observation in the text; that " Godliness is profitable for all things, having pharisees said, he casteth out the devils through the princ to come." Having now sufficiently considered the several propositions of the text, I shall conclude...

...the King. . ODLINESS," says the author of " our text, " is profitable for all things, " having the promise of the life that now is, " as well as of that which is to come:" that is, a man, by believing and pra&ising the gospel, will not only secure to himself, through...

...righteousness unto God. This is real godliness : tins is what is profitable unto- all tilings, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which i» to eeinc. The form of godliness, too often and too fatally mistaken for it, brings no jn.,t peace...

...the good things of life, ivith an ' humble submission to the -will of God. Lord, thou hast told us that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ;o and that if we seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, -other things...

...Himself to heaven to see his glory, and to share his happiness for ever and ever. But godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to * John, xi. 25, 26.— 1 Joho> ii. 12. v. 12. — John, iii. 3& x. 10. 27,28. xiv. 19, come: and...

...practice of justice and charity among men. " Godliness, svo-eGeta, is " profitable unto all things, having promise of the life " that now is, as well as of that which is to come 1 :" and they whd assert religion to have been the invention ef priests or politicians, to...

...happiness, of the scholar, is apparent. So true is it, in this as in every thing, that " godliness has the promise of the life that now " is, as well as of that which is to come." The disposition which we are considering crowns all those which have been mentioned, at the...