...what, I say, are now the tangible results of that godliness, which then had and which yet keeps the promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life to come ? What are now, North and South, and East and West, the financial and legal and household results...

...external blessings, along with spiritual ones, is cheerfully confessed ; and that the Christian " has the promise of the life that now is," as well as of the next,:}: is also frankly acknowledged. But who, except an over-zealous partisan, would attempt to make...

...heavenly satisfaction. For this is the blessed character of the Kingdom of Heaven, that godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life that is to come. This is our Lord's gracious declaration concerning these who dwell in His Father's house, that, when...

...eternal things. Confirm the wavering in the ways of true religion. Convince them that godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life which is to come. May they, also, be convinced of the evil and danger of sin ; be led to exercise true...

...calculations for eternity, applies them also to time. Hence it is written, that godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life that is to come. Hence, also, the moment you make a poor man religious, you make him sober and economical and prudent....

...which is frequently compensated for by its certainty. Altogether it must be allowed that there is much promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life which is to come, in the career of a conscientious beneficed clergyman. And, provided his benefice...

...temporal wants like other people, and provision for them is made in this promise. Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life that is to come. Were there more godliness in the world, there would be less want, less poverty. A vast amount of the...

...the declaration, ' that godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life thai now is, as well as of the life that is to come.' If a man does not feel himself the better of his religion in the present life, he has no reason to...

...truth you have not made it before. Thus shall you be happy —happy in time, for " Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is," as well as of "the life that is to come;"—and happy also for eternity; for when your "earthly house of this tabernacle" shall be dissolved,...

...Divine command, and becomes the chief source, where it prospers, of every social blessing. Godliness has promise of the life that now is, as well as of the life to come. The Ruler must be blind, who does not treat the message and its messengers with honour, for...