...drawn indeed in bloody, but legible, characters; "Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." All misery and evil came into the world by sin; and in proportion to its increase, in that...

...present pleasure, as to your future welfare ; - that " godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Wisdom and religion are one and the same thing : and " the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness,...

...xiv. 11. — 'that it shall be well with them that fear God;' Eccles. viii. 12.— and in short,) I that 'godliness hath the promise of the life that now is,' as well as 'of that which is to come;' 1 Tim. iv. 8. — we may certainly conclude, that a strict observance of the duties of the...

...which flow from real religion, even with respect to the comforts of the present life, are very great. " Godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." It prevents many evils, which, without it, cannot be prevented; and secures many blessings,...

...him come " unto me, and drink." The blessed Gospel of Christ is profitable for all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Although, with respect to our temporal affairs, it offers no stores of wealth ; by teaching...

...it appears that it is our interest to possess this religion. — Temporally ; " Godliness having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ; " of the necessaries of life ; (Matt. vi. 33 ;) of all things useful ; (Psalm Ixxxiv. 11...

...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...

...may say, (and I say it with joy and gratitude, as illustrative of the truth, that godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come,) I have been young, and am now in middle life, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,...

...awfully defaced by the apostacy of our first parents. It appears, that Christianity has indeed ' the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.' She forbids no enjoyments, but what are injurious to our temporal as well as spiritual welfare....

...prospects, but in reference to our present enjoyments. Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. This subject would bear an ample and useful illustration, with respect to the influence which...