...against, and, lastly, an inclination, for which he found an antidote and remedy in the dispensations of Providence towards him. Of his gifts, he says,...you have heard, you will not wonder, that this same Saint Paul should pronounce himself to be " the chief of sinners," — " Jesus Christ came into the...

...caught up, into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a 'man to utter. And^ lest I should be exalted above measure through the...in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. for this thing I besought the Lord thrice,, that it might depart from me. Лпа he said unto me, My...

...7. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me, (tempting to despondency). 8. I besought the Lord thrice to remove it from me. 9. And he said to me,...

...caught ufi into p.aradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it its not lawful for a man to utter. And, lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelatione, there was given to me a thorn in the Jlesh, ¡he messenger of Salan to buffet me. for...

...forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. And lest I should be exalted above measure, through the...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace...

...Xilth chapter of St. Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians. There was given to me, says the Apostle, a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet "me. And, so sharp was the thorn, and so tormenting the buffeting, that, he adds, for this thing I besought...

...against, and, lastly, an inclination, for which he found an antidote and remedy in the dispensations of Providence towards him. Of his gifts, he says,...you have heard, you will not wonder, that this same Saint Paul should pronounce himself to be " the chief of sinners," — " Jesus Christ came into the...

..."Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." Again, 2 Cor. xii. 7, 8, " And lest I should be exalted beyond measure through the abundance of the revelations,...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me." Again, 1 Thess. iii. 1 1,...

...lest I should be exalted beyond measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was {riven to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me." Again, 1 Thess. iii. 11, "Now...

...towards him in the manner described in my text. " Lest I should be exalted above measure," he observes, " through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure." What the peculiar visitation...