...thought so endeared the hope of heaven to the apostle Paul, as that there he should be with Jesus. " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord."| " Having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far...

...die, All must be judged. we are always of good courage, as we know that, while we are present in the body, we are absent from the Lord ; (For we walk by faith, 7 not by sight :) We are of good courage, I say, 8 and willing rather to be absent from the body, and...

...second Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter v. verses 8, 9, 10, very justly deserve notice in this place. "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and te be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labors that whether present or absent, we may...

...dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens," 2 Cor. v. I. " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the lxird," ver. 8. " For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain...

...we are always confident, knowing that while 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.' In this passage the apostle declares expressly, that to...

...to be from the body and to be with the Lord, St. Paul's second Epistle to the Corinthians, v. 8, " We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord." This presence with the Lord could not be without the soul's existence...

...dissolved, we haA'ea building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens Therefore, we are always confident, knowing, that whilst we are...confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord:" II Cor. v, 1 — 8. So, again, to the Philippians, he says,...

...look not at the things wbich are seen, but at the things which are not seen, 2 Cor. iv. 10. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are...absent from the Lord : (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) v. 6, 7. Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, though now ye все Um not, yet believing,...

...him in paradise. The apostle says, " Whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be...the body, and to be present with the Lord."* Here he says, that when we are absent from the body, we shall be immediately present with the Lord. When...

...uncomfortable in comparison of that glorious state held forth in the words of the text — " Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are...home in the body, we are absent from the Lord." For I do not take the words, " we are confident," concerning the apostle's resolvedness, with a quiet and...