 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 Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...refine them as silver. — Zech. xiii. 9. Lest I should be exalted above measure, &c. there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me. — 2 Cor. xii. 7. IIL To make them remember God, and things above ; to took to, own them, and close... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1828 - 408 pages
...he, " 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." What this particularly was, we cannot determine ; but it was — and this is sufficient for our purpose... | |
 | William Lothian - Bible - 1828 - 580 pages
...(yinfit^Htuu) by the abundance (or rather, as rendered by Dr M'Knight, the transcendency, i«ri{OtAi)) of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh (ni\tfy m »{Ki), a messenger of Satan to buffet me {am. f» Kt^xpiEn.), lest I should be exalted above... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 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 be exalted above measure. For this 8 thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he 9 said unto me, My... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - Apologetics - 1829 - 412 pages
...has related a defined and memorable instance. " There was given to me," says he to the Corinthians, " 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. And he said unto me, My grace... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 392 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...that this same St Paul should pronounce himself to be ' the chief of sinners.' — ' Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief.'... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 630 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 be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said, My grace is sufficient... | |
 | William Romaine - Christian life - 1830 - 650 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 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... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 632 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 be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said, My grace is sufficient... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 358 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... | |
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