 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of...  The works of William Paley - Page 82by William Paley - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 pages
...of Satan to buffet "me. And, so sharp was the thorn, and so tormenting the buffeting, that, he adds, for this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee. As though he had said, " You must endure the temptation : however painful, however... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 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,... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...desirous of the removal of that thorn in the flesh, which he thought might hinder his usefulness—" For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that it...weakness ; most gladly therefore will I rather glory in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." Jesus Christ is, doubtless, that Lord... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 pages
...that is, I 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...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... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pages
...that is, I 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...weakness; " Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my in-' " firmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon " me 1 ;"—The power of Christ,—that... | |
 | 1818 - 534 pages
...beyond 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...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 - 1818 - 548 pages
...beyond measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was {riven to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should...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 - 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... | |
 | Moses Stuart - 1819 - 170 pages
...very vision of God, and his soul filled with the Holy Ghost, ask and pray amiss ? 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9. " For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." The Lord, whom Paul here besougfa, is plainly Christ ;... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...answer which he obtained to it in 2 Cor. xii. 7, 0, 0. " There was given to me a thorn in the flesh. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." This, accordingly, the author confesses, though with a... | |
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