...Sabbath holy, is an essential branch of that " godliness, which is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." All men in a Christian land might know, if they would, that in keeping the fourth commandment,...

...consciousness of a continual progress." So true is the scripture declaration, that "godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Our review of the character of the bulk of nominal Christians, has exhibited abundant proofs...

...church. " Godliness is " now, and 1 Tim. always has been, " profitable unto all things, iv. 8. having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." But the sum and substance of the covenant was this, * See note on page 5. " To be a God unto...

...And not only under the Law, but under the Gospel, godliness is profitable unto all things ; and nas promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. The promise before us extends to all the temporal support of his people: but there is wisdom...

...the whole race, especially of the vast crowds of its population; every thing declares that she has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come. Much less am I to be understood as implying, that these details of our national and temporal...

...It was devised and bestowed upon mankind for this purpose— containing in its ample provisions the promise of the life that now is as well as of that which is to come : and it is, in all its moral tendencies, eminently adapted tx> the ends for which it was designed....

...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...

...estimation of others, the present fulfilment of the apostolic declaration, that " godliness has the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come ?" But it is not merely by his obtaining credit with the irreligious world, that the Christian...

...the Gospel. So far from it, they have found 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." Nor need this cast them down, or be a source of temptation to them, if, indeed, they have...

...v. 16— fl Cor. iii. 16— J Rom, viii, 26. bf rs of your households — for " godliness hath the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come." Still another of those duties, iu the performance of which our forefathers were scrupulously...