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True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon…
True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon preached on the day of the funeral of the Rev. Mr. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey; who died at Northampton, in New-England, Octob. 9th. 1747, in the 30th year of his age, and was interred on the 12th following. : Containing some account of his character, and manner of life, and remarkable speeches and behaviour at death. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Five lines from Psalms]True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon preached on the day of the funeral of the Rev. Mr. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey; who died at Northampton, in New-England, Octob. 9th. 1747, in the 30th year of his age, and was interred on the 12th following. : Containing some account of his character, and manner of life, and remarkable speeches and behavior at death. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Five lines from Psalms]
printed by Rogers and Fowle for D. Henchman, 1747
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2. When the Apostle looked for this Privilege, viz. when he should be absent from the B•d•. Not to w•it for it 'till the Resurrection, when Soul and Body should be united again. He signifies the s•me T••ng in his Epistle to the Philippians. Chap. •.22, 23. But if I […] in the Flesh, this is the Fruit of my La•••r. Yet what I […], I […] not. For I am in a […] a Desire to ••part, and to be with CHRIST.
2. When the Apostle looked for this Privilege, viz. when he should be ab•ent from the B•d•. Not to w•it for it 'till the Resurrection, when Soul and Body should be united again. He signifies the s•me T••ng in his Epistle to the Philippians. Chap. •.22, 23. But if I 〈…〉 in the Flesh, this is the Fruit of my La•••r. Yet what I 〈…〉, I 〈…〉 not. For I am in a 〈…〉 a Desire to ••part, and to be with CHRIST.
3. The Value the Apostle set on this Privilege. It was such, that for the Sake of it, he chose to be absent from the Body. He was willing rather, or as the Word properly signifies) it were mre pleasing to him, to part with the present Life, and all its Enjoyments, and be possessed of this great Benefit, than to continue here.