 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
 | William Paley - Theology - 1812 - 586 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... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 516 pages
...And that I might not be exalted above measure, by reason of the abundance of revelations that I had, there was given me a thorn in the flesh*, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, NOTES. wtd by the Syriac, much to the same purpose ; and suiting better with the context, render* the... | |
 | Alexander M'Leod - Presbyterian Church - 1813 - 166 pages
...lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundanee 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. For this thing I besought the Lord thriee, that it might depart from me. fr ) 1 Cor. 10. 12, 13. Wherefore... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 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, lest I should he exalted above measure. Ver. 8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from... | |
 | John Wesley - 1813 - 470 pages
...should think of me above what he seeth me, or heareth from me. 7 And lest I should be lifted up with the abundance of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be lifted 8 up. Concerning this, I besought the Lord... | |
 | John Grundy - Trinity - 1813 - 592 pages
...of the devil." " From the power of Satan unto God ;" with many other such expressions. Paul says, '* There was given me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan." Now as this word is not in the genitive base, the literal translation is " an angel Satan.''... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1814 - 392 pages
...and lift thy servant up that leaneth upon thy right hand. (n Cor. xii. 7 — 10.) There is given unto me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me. For this thing t besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Anil he said unto me, My grace... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1815 - 552 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...you have heard, you will not wonder, that this same Saint Paul should pronounce himself to be " the chief of sinners," — " Jesus Christ came into the... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...be, or what he heareth of me. 7. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me, (tempting to despondency). 8. I besought the Lord thrice to remove it from me. 9. And he said to me,... | |
 | 1815 - 406 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. for this thing I besought the Lord thrice,, that it might depart from me. Лпа he said unto me, My... | |
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