 | John Flavel - 1671 - 576 pàgines
...Scriptures 1 Not at all. The Scriptures take notice of no such interval ; but plainly enough deny it : " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." 2 Cor. 5 : 8. No sooner parted from the body, than present with... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pàgines
...are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : 7 ( For we walk by faith, not by sight :) 8 We are confident^ I say, and willing rather to' be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that whether present or absent, we... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pàgines
...are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2. To induce christians to diligence in seeking this assurance, it ought to be considered that it is a... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1804 - 320 pàgines
...we are at home " in the body, we are absent from the " Lord : for we walk by faith, not by " sight. We are confident, I say, and " willing rather to be absent from the " body, and to be present with the " Lord1." Thus grace, inwrought in our souls by the Holy Ghost,... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pàgines
...?.re always confident, knowing, that whilst we ;:re at home in the body, we are absent from ihe Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to Le present with the Lord." 2 Cor. v. 6, 8. — But I need not inform persons of common... | |
 | Eliza Hunt - 1808 - 138 pàgines
...presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." — Psalm xvi. 11; " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...body, and to be present with the Lord."— 2 Cor. v. 8. THE last sigh is hush'd; and the spirit has flown To the presence of Jesus, before His bright throne,... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1808 - 652 pàgines
...preached by Mr. Nathaniel Taylor, his assistant, on 2 Cor. SA LTERSMJ A LL. English Pmbyterian. v. 8. For we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present rcith the Lord. Mr. Mayo left two sons in the ministry; one a Conformist,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pàgines
...whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; for we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent" from^ the body, and present with the Lord. 2. Tim. i. 12. For the which cause I also suffer these things... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pàgines
...faith, enjoy God ; but are as strangers, yet, in regard of our present sight and fruition of him :) V. 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. We are, I say, confident to undergo our dissolution, and... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 554 pàgines
...SERMON XXXI1.* True Saints, when absent from the Body, are f resent with the Lord. 3 CORINTHIANS v. 8. WE ARE CONFIDENT, I SAY, AND WILLING RATHER TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BOOY, AND TO BE PRB8KNT WITH THE LORD. 1 HE apostle in this place is giving a reason why he went... | |
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Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 
