...revelations, found himself so strongly inclined to be above measure exalted, that if there had not been given him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, he would have been carried away by the 'natural bias; 2 Cor. xii. And what wonder is it at first to...

...revelations, found himself so strongly inclined to be above measure exalted, that if there had not been given him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, he would have been carried away by the natural bias; 2 Cor. xii. And what wonder is it at first to...

...infirmity. 2. This wonderful transport was succeeded by a severe and distressing conflict. There was given a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him. What this thorn in the flesh was, it is unnecessary to inquire. It is sufficient, that it produced...

...danger of being " exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations; for which cause " there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him." What this particular exercise was is not material for us to know. The words plainly import, that it...

...Paul prayed to the Lord Jesus to be delivered from some very severe trial or temptation : he calls it a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure. Whatever this.temptation was, the apostle had recourse to...

...revelations, found himself so strongly inclined to be above measure exalted, that if there had not been giren him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him,' he would have been carried away by the natural bias, £ Cor. xii. And what wonder is it at first to...

...into Paradise, " lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations/' there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet him ; and so in our own day we often find that the best soldiers of Jesus Christ have the most "hardness" to...

...his faithful people of future conquest and triumph. This was the method which St. Paul adopted, when there was given to him " a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet him." He did not attempt to grapple with this adversary alone, but looked out of himself for help. He besought...

...; hence, after he had been " caught up into the third heaven," where he had heard and seen so much, there was " given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure." Paul felt this new and unexpected trial ; he smarted under...

...spiritual advancement ; therefore, lest by such he should become exalted above measure, there was given him a thorn in the flesh — the messenger of Satan — to buffet him. And then, all we have to pass through, us we tread this "hidden path," is ordered — and well ordered...