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" But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. "
Religious perfection: or, A 3rd part of the Enquiry after happiness, by the ... - Page 283
by Richard Lucas - 1735 - 456 pages
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The Pleasing Expositor; Or, Anecdotes Illustrative of Select Passages of the ...

John Whitecross - 1831 - 300 pages
...ever after treated him with the greatest kindness and respect. Chap, vi, ver. 7, 8.— But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. Sir John Mason was born in the reign of Henry VII, and was...
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A scriptural commentary on the Book of Genesis and the Gospel ..., Volume 1

Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...for the things of itself, sufficient unto the day it the evil thereof. Mat. vi. 25 — 34. Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing...can carry nothing out ; and having food and raiment, Jet us be therewith content. But they that •will be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and into...
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Short Discourses to be Read in Families, Volume 2

William Jay - 1834 - 330 pages
...hinder. One staff is useful to a traveller; a bundle of staves would be an incumbrance. " But godliness, with contentment, is great gain. For we brought nothing...food and raiment, let us be therewith content. But what shall I say to those of you, who are still of the world? Let me remind you, that there will goon...
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The Illustrating Mirror: Or, A Fundamental Illustration of Christ's Sermon ...

Johannes Herr - 1834 - 410 pages
...all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. Therefore godliness with contentment is great gain ; for we brought nothing...nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. 6. We cannot serve two masters, says Christ, we must either love the one,...
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Friends Library: Brief narratives of the lives of Gilbert Latey; Christopher ...

William Allen - 1834 - 428 pages
...apostle, when he writes to Timothy : " For we brought nothing," says he, " into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out ; and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content :" signifying how the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted...
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The sick visitor's assistant; and companion for the afflicted

Thomas Searle - 1834 - 284 pages
...my enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over, Psa. xxiii. 1 — 5. But godliness with contentment is great gain ; for we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment, let us therewith be content,...
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A Candid Appeal to the Citizens of the United States: Proving that the ...

Simon Clough - 1834 - 58 pages
...destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be content therewith."...
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Fanaticism

Isaac Taylor - 1834 - 388 pages
...that believe." " From men of corrupt minds, destitute of the truth, withdraw thyself; BUT GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS G.REAT GAIN ; for we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out ; having therefore food and raiment, let us be therewith content."...
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The Preacher.., Volumes 1-2

1830 - 820 pages
...Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out ; and having food and raiment, let us therewith be content." As to what you cannot give he saith, " where there is the first a willing mind...
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The Prose Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...writing to Timothv, informs a true bishop ; " Bishops (sailli be) must not be greedy of filthy lucre; ue by her, the breed of Centaurs, a neglected and unloved race, the (saitb be, meaning1, more especially in that place, bishops) that will be rich, fall into temptation...
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