 | Thomas Belsham - Unitarianism - 1817 - 384 pages
...when he is not sensibly present?, 2. 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9. " — there was given me a thorn in the flesh. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. — And he said unto me, My strength," luvxpts, " is made perfect in weakness, — gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities,... | |
 | Socinianism - 1818 - 534 pages
..."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,...besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me." Again, 1 Thess. iii. 1 1, " Now God himself, and dur Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way... | |
 | Thomas Rees - Catechisms - 1818 - 548 pages
...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...besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me." Again, 1 Thess. iii. 11, "Now God himself, and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - Unitarianism - 1818 - 238 pages
...quoted as an authority for praying to Christ instead of to God. 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9, " For this thing 1 besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace1 is sufficient for thee." If the Apostles really followed this practice, they acted in direct... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - Unitarianism - 1818 - 422 pages
...called the Lamb's eyes, ie Christ's angels, messengers, sent forth into all the earth. 2 Cor. xii. 8 : " For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me." St, Paul appears here to have directed his prayer to God, the Father, and to have had in his thoughts,... | |
 | 1839 - 788 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Robbins - Congregational churches - 1820 - 186 pages
...your hearts." Concerning the thorn in the flesh, with which this apostle was afflicted, he says, " For this 'thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...strength is 'made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, thereTore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that 'the power of Christ may rest upon me." Thus,... | |
 | William Romaine - Christian life - 1821 - 282 pages
...there unspeakable words, which it is not possible for a man to utter ; and lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of the Revelations,...measure ; for this thing I besought the Lord thrice that he would take it away from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee — My grace is... | |
 | Sinclare Kelburn - Sermons - 1821 - 392 pages
...apostle had recourse to prayer ; and he addressed his prayer unto the Lord Jesus. " I," says he, " besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me. And he said, my grace is sufficient fur thee ,- for my strength is made -perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore... | |
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And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 
