 | Robert Stevens - 1813 - 668 pages
...thief, * " To-day shalt thou be with * Luke, xxiii. 43. me in Paradise;" and that St. Paul was anxious to be * " absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord.'1 Hence, as likewise from the parabolical representation of the Rich Man in torments, and Lazarus... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1813 - 414 pages
...the apostle^ realizing these glories of immortality, should cherish a desire of departing ; of being absent from the body that he might be present with the Lord; and justly mayest thou, Christian, being a partaker of the same grace unite in the same challenge of... | |
 | John Kingston - 1814 - 472 pages
...soul. On the one hand, he made a solemn, declaration of the earnest longing, with which he desired to be absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord : and on the other, he expressed a more than parental attachment, which excited in him a wish, that... | |
 | Robert Stevens - 1814 - 454 pages
...thief, * " To-day shalt thou be with > * Luke xxiii. 43. me in Paradise -" and that St. Paul was anxious to be * " absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord." Hence, as likewise from the parabolical representation of the Rich Man in torments, and Lazarus in... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." This made him confident, and willing " rather to be absent from the body," that he might " be present with the Lord.'' And when " He which testifieth these things, saith, Behold, I come quickly," he with eager exultation... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 408 pages
...apostle, realising these glories of immortality, should cherish a " desire of departing ;" of being «* absent from the body that he might be present with the Lord ;" and justly mayestthou, Christian, being a partaker of the same grace, unite in the same challenge... | |
 | Samuel Horsley (bp. of St. Asaph.) - 1816 - 394 pages
...; in his commendation of his own spirit, in his last agonies, to the Father ; in St. Paul's desire to be absent from the body, that he might be present with his Lord ; but, most of all, we may allege the sequel of this same story. The manner in which the miracle... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - 1824 - 314 pages
...not into a state of oblivion, till the resurrection of the dead ; but to be with Jesus. He desired " to be absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord." The expectation of Paul was, that immediately after the death of his body, he should find himself in... | |
 | Samuel Horsley - 1824 - 492 pages
...crucifixion ; in his commendation of his own spirit, in his last agonies, to the Father; in St. Paul's desire to be absent from the body, that he might be present with his Lord; but, most of all, we may allege the sequel of this same story. The manner in which the miracle... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1827 - 502 pages
...of his writings ; yet he speaks of his own salvation with the utmost confidence — expresses a wish to be ' absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord' (2 Cor. v. 8.) — says, ' That he had a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better'... | |
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On the one hand, he made a solemn, declaration of the earnest longing, with which he desired to be absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord... 
