...pursued incessantly through the short but painful course of his public life — what Apostles sought " in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,...watchings, in fastings, by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour...

...for them ;-f then they obeyed their commands, treasured up their advice, listened to their exhorta* " In all things approving ourselves as the ministers..."patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses as " sorrowful yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, and yet making many rich— as " having nothing, and...

...that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of Christ ; in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,...imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings," &c. At night he found himself exceedingly faint ; but had no better bed to lie down upon than the ground...

...by personal experience. He who next to the Lord himself, was, of all his servants, a man of sorrow, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in...stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in perils • . in deaths, in weariness, in watchings, in hunger, in thirst, in cold, in nakedness ; beaten...

...now is the day of salvation.) Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers...watchings, in fastings, by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power...

...things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 2 Cor. vi. 4. In all things approving ourselves as the ministers...in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings. B2 It is scarcely possible for any man to read this long list Of afflictions which the apostle underwent,...

...Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. For the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. 2 COR. vi. 4, 6: In all things approving ourselves as the ministers...in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, do. xi. 23: In labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths...

...now is the day of salvation;) giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers...watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power...

...preached, and patterns of the purity which they recommended. In all things they F 2 approved themselves " as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions,...stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchiugs, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost,...

...spirit with which they endured their various sufferings. They were approved, (4, 5.) " in (or by, «) much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in...in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings." They manifested the greatest patience and forbearance under the many calumnies, insults, and injuries...