Perhaps he really had taken the loss of his eye as a sign to turn to a more godly life.
Perhaps surprisingly, John Angier (born 1605), whose biographer depicted him as a model for the godly life, shared the view.
I wish I could say I led a godly life during that time.
To bring others to a personal knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and to encourage such to live a godly life.
And you wish to live a good and godly life.
We want to know what to believe, what to do, how to live the godly life.
The epitaph is a conventional statement of James' godly life.
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
"You live a most godly life on the other side."
"All scholars," it was stated in the college rules, were to "behave themselves blamelessly, leading sober, righteous, and godly lives."