 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...beneficial to his family. He says, / am in a strait betwixt two, hawing a desire tit depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better ; nevertheless to abide in the fieshis more needful for you, Phil. i. -23, 24. We are terrified at that crowd of dangers, in which... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...comparison with the never-ending days of eternity. What says St. Paul? " I have a " desire to depart, and to be with Christ, ".which is far better; nevertheless...to abide *' in the flesh is more needful for you." The first beam of reward which breaks in upon the righteous is iu the moment of his * Boswell's Life... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...what I shall choose, I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. And having this confidence, I know, that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - Theology, Doctrinal - 1804 - 416 pages
...gain. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; whichis far better : nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." Phil. i. 21, 23, 24. Now can any person tell me, what real gain it could be to the active soul of St.... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - Sermons, English - 1810 - 550 pages
...able to determine." Then follow the words of the text : " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and be with Christ, which is far...nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." What we translate * I am in a strait,' does not signify doubt or hesitation about what he should choose,... | |
 | Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 pages
...tell well which to chuse : / am in a strait betwixt two, (says he), having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better : Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh, is more needful for you. It is natural, I say, to a saint to love service. It is promised, that they shall see his face, and... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 462 pages
...his wife, family, and friends, on his mind, which brought him into a strait between two, " having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far...nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you," Phil. i. 23, 24, says Paul, and so Prodigalis thought, and therefore he prayed for submission to the... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Future life - 1811 - 466 pages
...from it. VI. Phil. i. 23, 24. " For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better : nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you." When the apostle speaks here of his "abiding in the flesh," and his " departing from the flesh," he... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 462 pages
...beneficial to his family. He says, / am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better ; nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you, Phil. i. 23, 24. We are terrified at that crowd of dangers, in which we teave these dear parts of ourselves.... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Dissenters, Religious - 1813 - 616 pages
...them from it. VI. Phil. i. 28. 24. For lam in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better : Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh, is more needful for you. When the apostle speaks here of his abiding in the flesh, and hi* departing from the flesh, he declares... | |
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better :... 
