 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.  Sermons on Several Subjects - Pagina 131door William Paley - 1808 - 368 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1824 - 812 pagina’s
...were struck dead by the • 1 Cor. v. 3—5. f " When St. Paul says of himself, (t Cor. xii. 7.) ' there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me,' we may also interpret his words as implying some bodily disease. It was Satan who was allowed to tempt... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 362 pagina’s
...mention of his infirmity : "Lest I should he exalted," says he, "ahove measure, through the ahundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to huffet me." s " Would lo God you would hear with me a little in my folly, iind indeed hear with me... | |
 | 1877 - 350 pagina’s
...discipline to enable them to bear the blessing. When St. Paul had been caught up into Paradise, " lest 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 ; and so in our own day we often find... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 548 pagina’s
...think of him above that which he seeth him to be, or that he heareth of him ; and likewise, lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations ; there was given to him a thorn of sin in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him. For this thing,' he says, '... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 538 pagina’s
...think of him above that which he seeth him to be, or that he heareth of him ; and likewise, lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations ; there was given to him a thorn of sin in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him. For this thing,' he says, '... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 pagina’s
...think of him above that which he seeth him to be, or that he heareth of him ; and likewise, lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations ; there was given to him a thorn of sin in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him. For this thing,' he says, '... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 514 pagina’s
...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 NOTES. and by the Syriae, much to the same purpose ; and suiting better with the context, renders the... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825 - 604 pagina’s
...against, and, lastly, an inclination, for which he found an antidote and remedy in the dispensations of Providence towards him. Of his gifts, he says,...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... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pagina’s
...will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it, 1 Cor. x. 13. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing t besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace... | |
 | Walter Balfour - 1825 - 782 pagina’s
...17, 18. See particularly on Matth. 24, 25. and 2 Thess. 2. in the Second Part. 2 Cor. xii. 7. " And lest I should be exalted above measure, through the...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure." The word which is here translated messenger is angelos, and which in other places is rendered angel.... | |
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