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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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Absent from the Body, AND Present with the LORD. › APPLICATION.
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As his inward Experiences appear to have been of the right Kind, and were very remarkable as to their Degree, so was his ⟨p. 33⟩outward Behaviour and Practice agreeable. He in his whole Course acted as one who had indeed sold all for CHRIST, and had entirely devoted himself to GOD, and made his Glory his highest End, and was fully determined to spend his whole Time and Strength in his Service. He was lively in Religion, in the right Way: Lively, not only, nor chiefly, with his Tongue, in professing and talking; but lively in the Work and Business of Religion. He was not one of those which are for contriving Ways to shun the Cross, and get to Heaven with Ease and Sloth; but was such an Instance of one living a Life of Labour and Self-Denial, and spending his Strength and Substance, in pursuing that great End, the Glory of his REDEEMER, that perhaps is scarcely to be paralleled in this Age, in these Parts of the World. Much of this may be perceived by any one that reads his printed Journal; but much more has been learned by long intimate Acquaintance with him, and by looking into his Diary since his Death, that he purposely concealed in what he published.
As his inward Experiences appear to have been of the right Kind, and were very remarkable as to their Degree, so was his ⟨p. 33⟩outward Behaviour and Practice agreeable. He in his whole Course acted as one who had indeed sold all for CHRIST, and had entirely devoted himself to GOD, and made his Glory his highest End, and was fully determined to spend his whole Time and Strength in his Service. He was lively in Religion, in the right Way: Lively, not only, nor chiefly, with his Tongue, in professing and talking; but lively in the Work and Business of Religion. He was not one of those which are for contriving Ways to shun the Cross, and get to Heaven with Ease and Sloth; but was such an Instance of one living a Life of Labour and Self-Denial, and spending his Strength and Substance, in pursuing that great End, the Glory of his REDEEMER, that perhaps is scarcely to be parallel'd in this Age, in these Parts of the World. Much of this may be perceived by any one that reads his printed Journal; but much more has been learn'd by long intimate Acquaintance with him, and by looking into his Diary since his Death, that he purposely concealed in what he published.