 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
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816
...Xilth chapter of St. Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians. There was given to me, says the Apostle, a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet "me. And, so sharp was the thorn, and so tormenting the buffeting, that, he adds, for this thing I besought... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons, English - 1818 - 527 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... | |
 | Socinianism - 1818 - 404 pages
...lest I should be exalted beyond 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. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me." Again, 1 Thess. iii. 1 1,... | |
 | 1839
...”est I should be exalted aboce measure througKthe abundance of lite 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 1 besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace... | |
 | William Romaine - Christian life - 1821
...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 ; for this thing I besought the Lord thrice that he would take it away from me. And he said unto me,... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - Puritans - 1822 - 360 pages
...pride, which was a greater evil. Lest I, said he, " should be exalted above measure through abundance of revelations, there •was given me a thorn in the...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure."* Elsewhere, having commemorated Alexander the copper-smith's withstanding and doing him much evil, f... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822
...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. Ephes. ii. 2. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the... | |
 | William Paley - Bible - 1822 - 247 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... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822
...above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in tkejlash, 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. SECTION XIII. Matt. vi. 13.... | |
 | William Paley - 1823
...of myself I will not glory," but in mine infirmities." Then he goes on, " lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of the revelations,...have heard, you will not wonder, that this same St. Panl should pronounce himself to be " chief of sinners." "Jesus Christ came into the world to save... | |
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