"Ungodliness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Peter of Blois was no ordinary man; a churchman, he was free from the prejudices of churchmen—a visitant of courts and the associate of royalty, he was yet free from the sycophancy of a courtier—and when he saw pride and ungodliness in the church, or in high places, he feared not to use his pen in stern reproof at these abominations. It is both curious and extraordinary, when we bear in mind the prejudices of the age, to find him writing to a bishop upon the looseness of his conduct, and reproving him for his inattention ...
— Bibliomania in the Middle Ages • Frederick Somner Merryweather
... of Galatians we are expressly told that the Lord Jesus Christ gave Himself for our sins that He might deliver us out of this present evil age. Then again we read what Paul wrote to Titus that the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men, teaching us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present age. This shows that the present age ...
— Studies in Prophecy • Arno C. Gaebelein
... his demands and menaces, and escaped from his dangerous clutches, he enjoyed for the first time the fearless consciousness of freedom. He took a wider survey around him, and saw plainly the deep corruption and ungodliness of the powers arrayed against him. His mind was impelled forward with more energy as his spirit for the fight was stirred within him. Even the prospect that he might have to fly, and the uncertainty whither his flight could be, did not daunt or ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 • Various
... power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness." And all that "received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved," will be left to accept "strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."(747) When this state of ungodliness shall be reached, the same results will follow as ...
— The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan • Ellen G. White
... could no forbearance show. It was his wish to be in nothing stiffer Than Truth required, which God led him to know. From human creeds his conscience said "withdraw!" To stand by such advice he was content. To Pharisaic pride he was a foe, And to ungodliness where'er he went, While to promote true Love his gifts and time ...
— The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales In Verse - Together With Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects • Thomas Cowherd |
