 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.  The Works... - Page 73by William Paley - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...xi. 24 — 27. Yea, which was worse than all these, dost thou not hear him sa}-, There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me? 2 Cor. xii. 1. Dost thou not too well know, for thou wert the main actor in those woeful tragedies,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...I should be exalted abmie measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to vie a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest 1 should be exalted above measure. Neither had I this one vision only, but very many revelations from... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...not, without the continual influence of God's Quickening Grace : 2 Cor. xii. 7. There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. Q. What are those graces, that God doth especially excite, to keep his children from sin ? A. They... | |
 | William Romaine - Faith - 1809 - 220 pages
...should be exalted above measure, through • ' o the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure j for this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that he would take it away from me. And he said unto me,... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 406 pages
...and then proceeds to describe a particular instance, and afterwards adds, " -lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh." * Upon the whole, the matter admits of no softening qualification, or ambiguity whatever. If St. Paul... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 594 pages
...then " proceeds to describe a particular instance, and afterwards adds, " lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of " the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the Jlesh. '' Upon the whole, the matter admits of no softening qualifi" cation or ambiguity whatever.... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 586 pages
...•• proceeds to describe a particular instance, and afterwards adds, " lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of " the revelations, there was given me a thorn in thejlesh. '' Upon the whole, the matter admits of no softening qualifi** cation or ambiguity whatever.... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - Sermons, English - 1810 - 544 pages
...divine revelations with which he was honoured, come the words (ver. 7.) *' And lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was given me a sharp suffering, a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to keep me down, lest I should be exalted... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, leit I should be exalted above measure. Ver. 8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1811 - 612 pages
...above measure^ through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the fesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace... | |
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