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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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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 m•re pleasing to him, to part with the present Life, and all its Enjoyments, and be possessed of this great Benefit, than to continue here.
3. The Value the Apostle set on this Priviledge. 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 m•re pleasing to him, to part with the present Life, and all its E••oyments, and be possessed of this great Benefit, than to continue here.
4. The present Benefit, which the Apostle had by his Faith and Hope of this future Privilege, and of his great Value for it; viz. that hence he received Courage, Assurance and Constancy of Mind: agreeable to the proper Import of the Word that is rendered, we are confident. The Apostle is now giving a Reason of that Fortitude and immovable Stability of Mind, with which he went through those extreme Labours, Hardships and Dangers, which he mentions in this Discourse; so that in the midst of all, he did not faint, was not discouraged, but had constant Light, and inward Support, Strength and Comfort in the midst of all: agreeable to the […] v. of the foregoing Chapter, For which Cause, we faint not: But […] our outward Man perish, yet the inward Man is renewed Day by Da•. And the same is expressed more particularly in the 8, 9, and 10 Verses of that Chap. We are troubled on every Side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in Despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast […], but not […] in the Body the […] of the LORD JESUS, that the […] also of JESUS might be […] manifest in our mortal F•esh. And in the next Chap. v. 4. — 10. In all Things approving our selves as Ministers of GOD, in much Patience, in […], in Necessities, in Distresses, in Stripes, in Imprisonments, in Tumult, in Labours, in Watchings, in Fastings; y Pureness, […] Knowledge, by Lon suffering, by Kindn, by the HOLY GHOST, by Live unfeigned, by the Word of Truth, by the Power of GOD, by the […] of Righteousness