...them, that we may have the victory over them. This in general is declared by the apostle, 2 Cor. iv. ' We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed...despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed. But for this cause we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man...

...is the fullest evidence. Listen to his own testimony, in the fourth chapter of this same epistle, " We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in VOL. XI. K despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about...

...He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. 2 COR. iv. 8, 9 : We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed. II ACTS, xxiii. 11 : And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of...

...have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed...despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of...

...and those that follow him ; yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : see 2 Cor. iv. 8, 9. " We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." If you can possess your soul in patience, their day is coming. Worthy and dear sister,...

...nearly thirty years after, and towards the close of his course, gives this vivid picture of suffering. "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, hut not destroyed!"* Chap. xxiv. 9. f'Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill...

...peril, or sword \ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through Hini that loved us."§ " We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of...

...chastisements, still thankful for his blessings, still ready to exclaim in the language of Scripture — ' We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed...despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed;' when we see such things, where is the man, whose soul does not melt within him at the...

...is ever trying " to get an advantage over us," to alienate the heart, and weaken the affections, " we are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair." Full well we know, that it is not by the eloquence of man, which may charm the ear, but not the heart,...

...cxxiv, 2, 3.) " There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man." (1 Cor. x, 13.) " We are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed." (2 Cor. iv, 8, 9.) God permitted Satan, First, " To put forth his hand upon all that...