| William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1850 - 584 páginas
...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 páginas
...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,... | |
| Edward Bather - 1850 - 358 páginas
...most prosperous have always some exception to their happiness. The Lord to his great Apostle Paul sent a "thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to" buffet him 1. And Naaman, this prime favourite of his prince, this successful warrior, is made a burden to himself... | |
| Harriet Rebecca King - 1852 - 332 páginas
...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... | |
| George Edward Lynch Cotton (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1853 - 188 páginas
...according to His own directions. We shall remember that when St. Paul was troubled by what he calls " a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him," that is, some secret vexation which interfered with his happiness, and undivided attention to God's... | |
| 1853 - 860 páginas
...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 - 432 páginas
...""' ''''" 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... | |
| Robert Sanderson - 1854 - 458 páginas
...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... | |
| Samuel Penny - 1854 - 470 páginas
...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... | |
| Benson Bailey - 1854 - 296 páginas
...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... | |
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