 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.  Little Foxesby Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1866 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1812 - 582 pages
...found himself so strongly inclined to be above measure exalted, that if there had not been given him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, he would have been carried away by the 'natural bias; 2 Cor. xii. And what wonder is it at first to... | |
 | 1812 - 620 pages
...found himself so strongly inclined to be above measure exalted, that if there had not been given him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, he would have been carried away by the natural bias; 2 Cor. xii. And what wonder is it at first to... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 514 pages
...exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations; for which cause " there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him." What this particular exercise was is not material for us to know. The words plainly import, that it... | |
 | Sinclare Kelburn - 1821 - 392 pages
...Paul prayed to the Lord Jesus to be delivered from some very severe trial or temptation : he calls it a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure. Whatever this.temptation was, the apostle had recourse to... | |
 | Thomas Prince - 1823 - 68 pages
...found himself so strongly inclined to be above measure exalted, that if there had not been giren him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him,' he would have been carried away by the natural bias, £ Cor. xii. And what wonder is it at first to... | |
 | 1877 - 350 pages
...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 that the best soldiers of Jesus Christ have the most "hardness"... | |
 | Samuel Saunders (Baptist Minister.) - 1825 - 462 pages
...future conquest and triumph. This was the method which St. Paul adopted, when there was given to him " a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet him." He did not attempt to grapple with this adversary alone, but looked out of himself for help. He besought... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pages
...spiritual advancement ; therefore, lest by such he should become exalted above measure, there was given him a thorn in the flesh — the messenger of Satan — to buffet him. And then, all we have to pass through, us we tread this "hidden path," is ordered — and well ordered... | |
 | Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 944 pages
...heaven, and heard unspeakable words, and saw visions of the Lord ; but withal, there was given him " a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him.; lest he should be exalted, above measure, through the abundance of revelations/' And so it was with... | |
 | John Scott - 1826 - 648 pages
...prevent St. Paul's being exalted above measure through the abundance of his revelations, there was given a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him ; ie as it seems most probable, some evil spirit was sent to him from Satan, the prince of devils,... | |
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