 | Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1810 - 513 pages
...joyful in tribulation; glories in his infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon him; takes pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake\. Where is now his * 2 Cor. i. 5. t Heb.xii.12; xi.25. ^J&nesv.lL 2Cor.vii.4j xii.9,10, 156 Christ's... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1811
...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 is sufficient for thee:...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... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811
...sucklings, ordains and displays strength, and perfects praise. To this the apostle Paul attests. " My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest uponme"% The wisdom of the Redeemer is also employed and manifested,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811
...thrice, that it [or he~\ might depart from me. And he said unto nie, my grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in these my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811
...self-denial. 8. What less than this can we possibly infer from the above cited words of St. Paul, who, living in " infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake," who, being full of " signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds," who, having been " caught up into the third... | |
 | Lant Carpenter - Unitarianism - 1817 - 384 pages
...depart from me : and he said to me, My gracious aid is sufficient for thee, formypov\err £uva//,ir, is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power, Juya^i?, of Christ may rest upon me.' — It appears to me clear... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1812
...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 is sufficient for thee...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,... | |
 | John Locke - 1812
...weakness." Most gladly, there-, fore, will I rather glory in my inlirmities, that the power of (.'heist may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in...in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Cwist's sake: for when I am weak, then am 1 strong. 1.1 I am become a iiuol in glorying: ve have compelled... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1812 - 322 pages
...his immutable promises, and supported by his holy Spirit. No wonder then if indeed they are found to take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake. These are not so much as the stoical rejicienda, what one would rather refitse than wish to have, in... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ethics - 1812 - 322 pages
...immutable promises, and supported by his holy Spirit. No wonder then if indeed they are found to lake pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities,...in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake. These are not so much as the stoical rejicienda, what one would rather refuse than wish to have, in... | |
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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 Christ may rest upon me. 
