 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1850 - 584 pagina’s
...he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure 7." What this thorn in the flesh, this messenger of Satan,... | |
 | Charles Mountford Burnett - 1850 - 340 pagina’s
...they many of them were. How different was this to the conduct of St. Paul, who, when he had received a " thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him," instead of consulting Satan through the wizards and pithonesses of his day— in which case he might,... | |
 | Harriet Rebecca King - 1852 - 332 pagina’s
...natural desire for the posterity which had been promised to him, seems to have been at this time " a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him." A. St. Paul says, in reference to this passage, " Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it... | |
 | 1853 - 860 pagina’s
...of God as David was, it gave me a little relief; and those words of Paul, where he cries out about " a thorn in the flesh," the " messenger of Satan to buffet him ;" and how he prayed and sought the Lord thrice that it might be removed. But, alas ! I sought the... | |
 | Robert Sanderson - 1854 - 458 pagina’s
...exalted "'' '"' above measure through the abundance of revelations, k that it was needful he should have a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure. [No marvel then, if these new converts, but lately called... | |
 | Benson Bailey - 1854 - 296 pagina’s
...should, through the abundance of the revelation, have been exalted above measure, there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him. And how did the apostle act in this distressing situation ? " For this thing," he says, " I besought... | |
 | Robert Sanderson - 1854 - 432 pagina’s
...""' ''''" above measure through the abundance of revelations, k that it was needful he should have a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure. [No marvel then, if these new converts, but lately called... | |
 | Samuel Penny - 1854 - 470 pagina’s
...above measure, through the abundance of the visions and revelations of the Lord, there was given him a " thorn in the flesh," the messenger of Satan, to buffet him. It is impossible for us to know what this peculiar affliction of the Apostle was ; but we know that... | |
 | 1855 - 786 pagina’s
...lest he should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of revelations, there was given him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him. For this thing he " besought the Lord thrice," — a definite number probably put for an indefinite,... | |
 | Wesleyan pulpit - 1855 - 652 pagina’s
...should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given unto him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him." These are a few illustrations of the afflictions endured by that " great multitude, which no man could... | |
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lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to him a thorn in th-e flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure. 
