 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 Review of Reviews - Page 23edited by - 1896Full view - About this book
 | William Paley - 1830 - 392 pages
...Then he goes on : ' 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.' After what you have heard, you will not wonder, that this same St Paul should pronounce... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 630 pages
...heareth of me. 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. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said,... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 358 pages
...infirmity : Lest I should be exalted, says he, ' above measure, through the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.' Thus then, in both epistles, the notice of his infirmity is suited to the place in which it is found.... | |
 | Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1831 - 152 pages
...10, 16—18. "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. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And He said... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pages
..."lest I should be exalted above measure, through 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 exalted above measure." (ver. 7.) Every sentence of this passage bears on the subject before us. Whether the... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...and sent Paul safety by Satan himself! But you will observe, that Paul does not say, "There was given me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I wag exalted above measure," but " lest / should be." I wish, you to remark this, in order... | |
 | William Paley - 1831 - 624 pages
...fool in glorying ; yo have compound ma," chap. .\ii.Il. sure, through the abundance of revelations, # B or Satan to buffet me." Thus then, in both epistles, the notice of IHB infirmity is suited to the place... | |
 | John Locke - 1832 - 468 pages
...heareth of me. 7 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. PARAPHRASE. 1 If I must be forced to glory- for your sakes; (for me it is not expedient)... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...44. And lest I (said Paul) 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... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1832 - 534 pages
...respecting it, writes, in the year 58, that great doctor of the Church to his Corinthian Proselytes. 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... | |
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