 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
 | Robert Calef - 1823 - 324 pagina’s
...blessed angels, but the evil ones, in it, as 2 Cor. xii. 7, And lest I should be exalted above m< asure, there was given to. me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of satan to buffet me. 1 Sam. xvi. 14, 15 & 23, dm evil spirit from the Lord troubled him, &c. It IK a great truth, that we... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 362 pagina’s
...revelations of the Lord :" and then proceeds to describe a particular instance, and afterward 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... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 376 pagina’s
...lest I should be exalte-l above measure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to...this same St. Paul should pronounce himself to be "chief of sinners." "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom 1 urn the chief."* His... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pagina’s
...lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to 6c, or that he heareth of me. 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 388 pagina’s
...whom such gifts and revelations as these lave been imparted, I will glory; yet «f myself I «rill not glory, " but in mine infirmities." Then he goes...the abundance of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exJtcll above measure."... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pagina’s
...comraendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commeudeth. — 2 Cor. x. 12,13.17, 18. And lest 1 should be exalted above measure through the abundance...revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, &c. though I am nothing. — 2 Cor. xii. 7. 11. God accepteth no man's person, &c. I live, yet not... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pagina’s
...commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. — 2 Cor. x. 12,13. 17, 18. And lest 1 should be exalted above measure through the abundance...revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, &c. though I am nothing. — 2 Cor. xii. 7. 11. God accepteth no man's person, &c. I live, yet not... | |
 | 1824 - 172 pagina’s
...us of our entire dependence upon God. i < ' • "And lest I should be exalted above 2 cor. x«. 7. measure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest 'I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought... | |
 | 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... | |
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