...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches,...distresses for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong. 11 I am become a fool in glorying, ye have compelled me : for I ought to have been commended...

...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...weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my i'ljirwities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. THERE is scarcely any thing in the scriptures...

...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...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." buffet him," mentioned in the Epistle to the Corinthians,...

...to be content." And therefore he says, "most gladly will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon. me. Therefore I take...distresses, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak then am I strong." Hence the apostles, and the primitive ministers of Christ, and those of their successors,...

...above measure. Ver. 8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Ver. 9. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Psal. Ixxiii. throughout. * Psal. Ixxvii. 1. I cried unto...

...and nakedness. Yet, no sooner had he received the promise of the text, than he was prepared to say, ' I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in...distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.' " Some of you, dear brethren, are no strangers to affliction. Pain and weaknefs and long-continued...

...the inward man is renewed day by day, chap. iv. 16. it was«nothing but this could make him say, / take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...distresses for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then am I strong, chap, xii. 1O. Object. 2. It is farther objected, that the doctrine of free grace leads men...

...Christ abound, our consolations by Christ abound so much more: .insomuch that the Apostle could say, " Therefore I take pleasure, in infirmities, in reproaches,...distresses for Christ's sake' for when I am weak, then am I strong," (2 Cor. xii. 10.) And many afflicted saints have thought and said so too : , when deep called...

..." Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest on me : Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in...distresses for Christ's sake ; for when I am weak, then am 1 strong ?" 2 Cor. xii. 9, 10. Happy man ! God was pleased to commune with him from off the mercy seat;...

...pray the Lord Jesus Christ so to do. And speaking of his thorn in the flesh, he says, " I besought " the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ~"...weakness. " Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my in" firmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon " me1;" — The power of Christ, — that...