 | John Flavel - 1671 - 576 pągines
...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 the Lord. So Phil. 1 : 23.... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2. To induce christians to diligence in seeking this assurance,... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pągines
...?.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... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1804 - 320 pągines
...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,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pągines
...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 ; nevertheless I am not ashamed... | |
 | Eliza Hunt - 1808 - 138 pągines
...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 absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."— 2 Cor. v. 8. THE last sigh is hush'd; and the spirit... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1808 - 652 pągines
...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,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pągines
...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 pągines
...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... 
