| Richard Watson - Theology - 1791 - 568 pages
...imprifonment. For he had fome hopes of a releafe. ch. i. 24. 25. fitvsrtbelefs to abide in the ßcjh, is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know that 1 Jhall abide, and continue with you all, for your furtherance, and joy of faith.. Yea he cxprefleth... | |
| 1805 - 590 pages
...rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." And to the Philippians he said, " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better." 2. The scriptures plainly hold forth, that there will... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...beneficial to his family. He says, / am in a strait betwixt two, hawing a desire tit depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better ; nevertheless to abide in the fieshis more needful for you, Phil. i. -23, 24. We are terrified at that crowd of dangers, in which... | |
| John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...comparison with the never-ending days of eternity. What says St. Paul? " I have a " desire to depart, and to be with Christ, ".which is far better; nevertheless...to abide *' in the flesh is more needful for you." The first beam of reward which breaks in upon the righteous is iu the moment of his * Boswell's Life... | |
| 1814
...will excite an affectionate -toleninity in the mind of the-contemplative reader : Phil. i. 23. — "I am. in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, (.which is far better." 2 Tim. i. 10.— ".Who hath abolished death, and hath... | |
| Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...Death, instead of being the king of terrors, is viewed with calm and joyful expectation. He is in a strait betwixt two ; having a desire to depart, and be with Christ ; and yet he is willing to continue and abide in the flesh, for the purposes of usefulness to the church,... | |
| John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. Yet, what I shall choose, I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for... | |
| Abner Kneeland - Theology, Doctrinal - 1804 - 416 pages
...expressed himself in the following manner : " For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; whichis far better : nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for... | |
| 1804 - 438 pages
...But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour : yet what I shall choose, I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better : 24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful... | |
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