 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 616 pages
...Spirit of Christ fie is none of his. And ver 0. Therefore we are always confident, or of good courage, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we...absent from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. This is, or should be the character of every Christian. And the Oth verse that follows it, belongs... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord : Ver. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Phil. i. 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a... | |
 | 1847 - 760 pages
...Christian. " Ah !" says Paul, " I long to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better."—" We are confident, I say, and willing, rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." What would everything be in his absence ? Could the place, the... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...God, who " also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. " Therefore we are always confident, knowing that " whilst we are at home in the body,...confident, I say, and willing " rather to be absent from the body, and to be " present with the Lord."* " And there shall " be no more curse, and his servants... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1815 - 660 pages
...of Paul, We are always confident, knowing that whilst tee are at home, or rather sojourning, in the body, we are absent from the .Lord, (for we walk by...faith, not by sight.) We are confident, I say, and ivilling rather to be absent from the body, and be present witli the Lord?(cT) Or those, 1 am in a... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 588 pages
...which he was made partaker of here. My next argument shall be taken from what is said in 2 Cor. v. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present ivith the Lord; where one infers the other, without any intimation of his... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 524 pages
...veracity of God, than taught by any demonstration of reason. The language of Paul also indicates this; " whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight." Whence we conclude, that the knowledge of faith consists more in certainty than in comprehension.... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 538 pages
...alwayt confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lard : 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 ;... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 pages
...— ' we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home,' or rather, sojourning, ' in the body, we are absent from the Lord; for we walk by faith, not by sight. We Jf£ confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.'... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pages
...spirit. Wherefore we arc always of good courage, and know that, while we are present in the body, 7 we are absent from the Lord : (for we walk by faith, not by 8 sight:) we are of good courage, I say, and desirous rather to be absent from the body, and to be... | |
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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. 
