 | John Piggott - 1714 - 554 pages
...great a degree he was crucified to this World, and the World to him, that he could fay, He was -milling rather to be abfent from the Body, and prefent with the Lord, but very few enjoy : however fuch an excellent Temper is labour'd after by alj fuch as wait aright... | |
 | John Conant - 1703 - 546 pages
...we. are at Home in. the Body, we are abfent from the Lord 5 ( for we walk by Faith and not by Sight ) We are confident I fay, and willing rather to be abfent from the Eody, And prefent with the Lord. To the fame purpofe it is that he faith, Phil. . 25.* / defir3 to... | |
 | 1737 - 502 pages
...p'ainly to be oppofed to the ixtvJ'vffx-Ja.i in the zJ Vcrfe. 7. (For we walk by faith, not by fight.) 8. We are confident, I fay, and willing rather to be abfent from the body, and to be prefent with the Lord. A- D. 57. 9. Wherefore we 9. In the mean while, my ut' labour, that whether... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 448 pages
...whilft we are at home in the body, we are abfent from the Lord ; and $ 8. We We are of good courage, I fay, and willing rather to be abfent from the body, and pr-efent with the Lord. The plain fenfe of which is, that Chriftians were willing rather to die than to live ; becaufe they knew,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1755 - 318 pages
...is, the Society of God and Chrift there, and of -the holy Angels, and glorified Saints: 2 Cor.v. 8. ' We are confident, I fay, and willing rather to be ' abfent from the body, a«d to be prefent with the ' Lord.' ffeb. xii. 22. 23. 24. ' Ye are come un' to mount Sion, and unto... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 482 pages
...we are at home in the body, we " are abfent from the LORD." And ver. 8. " We " are of good courage, I fay, and willing rather to " be abfent from the body, and prefent with the *' LORD." The plain fenfe of which is, that Chriftians were willing rather to die than to live ; becauie they knew,... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...always confident, knowing that whillt v.-e are at home in the body, we are abfeirt from the Lord. v. 8. We are confident, I fay, and willing rather to be abfent from the body, and to be prefent with the Lord. Phi!, i. 23« For I am in a ftrait betwixt two» having a defire to depart,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 512 pages
...underftood abfolutely, but comparatively ; in that fenfe the apoftle will be underftood, 2 Cor. v. 8. " We are confident, " I fay, and willing rather to be abfent from the body, and pre" fen t with the Lord," (ie) rather than to live always a Kfe of fin, forrow, and abfence from God... | |
 | Jean Claude - 1779 - 566 pages
.../ram I/a. liii. 7. (i) Many propo/ititns are fometimet included in onefrefojition. " 2 Cor. V. 8. M> are confident, I fay, and -willing rather to be abfent from the body, and to be prefent Vfitlr the Lord. In the words, and in the context, the following particulars are plainly... | |
 | James Purves - 1790 - 180 pages
...the Lord, 2 Cor. v. 6, 8. ' Therefore we are always confident, knowing, that whilft we are at home in the body, we are abfent from the Lord. — We are...and willing rather to be abfent from the body, and to be prefent with the Lord.' The vifion which the Apoftle had of the heavenly glory, and the belief... | |
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We are confident, I fay, and willing rather to be abfent from the body, and to be prefent with the Lord. 
