...having no vices, he wasted none. He soon found out that there was some meaning in that text which says, that Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come : for the same principles which make a man sober and honest, have also a natural tendency to...

...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...

...virtue can again call forth all its glories, even on the face of this dreary world. Godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. The piety, truth, and Benevolence, which adorned our first Parents, would again call down similar blessings...

...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 same time that...

...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...

...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...

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

...practice of justice and charity among men. " Godliness, eua-s&w, is " profitable unto all things, having promise of the life " that now is, as well as of that which is-to come1:" and they who assert religion to have been the invention ®f priests or politicians, to...

...favour, we are not -required to relinquish any enjoyments, except such as are really pernicious. " Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." He that hath relinquished any of the delights of this life for the Gospel of Jesus Christ,...

...refers it to, than the worldling in the very triumph of temporal felicity. Thus hath godliness the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come — a promise (not of its goods indeed, but) of its evils being converted into blessings, of...