 | William Lothian - Bible - 1828 - 580 pages
...Providence of God. These he enumerates in the following verses: 8,9. "We are troubled on every side, but not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." They were pressed (0AiCtftim) on all sides, by persons of every rank, and in every... | |
 | William Jones (of Nayland.) - Sermons - 1829 - 654 pages
...or contrariety, in the Christian character, is finely painted by the Apostle. — " We are troubled, yet not distressed : perplexed, but not in despair : persecuted, but not forsaken : cast down, but not destroyed — we are delivered unto death, that the life of Jesus might be made manifest in our... | |
 | Religion - 1830 - 580 pages
...mountains on either hand ; and, standing still, have seen the salvation of the Lord. He may have been " troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed,...despair; persecuted but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." He may have walked in the quiet sunshine of peace, or sat down in great delight beneath... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1838 - 508 pages
...nor sword, menaces nor laws, persecution nor prospect of martyrdom can deter him from his purpose. "Troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed,...despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed," is his language. He feels too that all duties must be attended to in the proper time... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 358 pages
...also, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.' To the Corinthians, ' Troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed,...despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus.' This train of reflection... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 420 pages
...in all ages. NOTE 2. The principle of emphatic series, may form an exception to Rule III. as, We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed,...not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast ddwn, but not destroyed.* NOTE 3. Emphatic succession of particulars grows intensive as it goes on... | |
 | Presbyterians - 1831 - 456 pages
...lofty sentiment — •" Should such a man as I fly !" Or, with Paul, " Troubled on every side, but not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed." But, in all these trials and difficulties, he feels that he bath obtained mercy of... | |
 | Presbyterians - 1832 - 460 pages
...representations of the divine life, so common in the Scriptures, such as "sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing'" — " troubled on every side, yet not distressed" — " perplexed, but not in despair." — 2 Cor. iv. 8, 9; vi. 10. It is thus we can account for the deep humiliations and rejoicing hopes... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1831 - 624 pages
...also. Christ shall be magnified in. my body, whether it be by life or by death." To the Corinthians, " Troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed,...despair; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, hut not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus." This train of reflection... | |
 | Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1831 - 152 pages
...perhaps very often, with crying "out of the depths," but ends with triumph, and sometimes with rapture. Troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; Persecuted, but not forsahen ; cast down, but not destroyed. (2 Cor. iv. 8, 9.) Alone — alone — alone upon the... | |
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Troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed ; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus. 
