...fuccefs of (he g^fpel gave him ; froci the affured hope of the reward which was prepared tor •312 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Afia, that we were prefled out of meafure above ftrengdi, infomuch that we defpaired even of life :...

...text glosses upon this at large. Turn your eyes to that commentary of St. Paul : For we would -not have you ignorant of our trouble, which came to us...pressed out of measure, above strength ; insomuch as that we despaired of life. But we had the sentence of death in ourselves. Lo here the beasts; lo...

...of our affliction which befel us in Asia ; that we were exceedingly pressed above our strength, so 9 that we despaired even of life. But we had the sentence...of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in our 10 selves but in that God who raiseth the dead : who delivered us from so great a death, and doth...

...into straits, that in our deliverance his holy arm may be more visibly seen. We sometimes feel as if we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in the living God. When deep calleth to deep at the noise of his waterspouts, and all his waves and billows...

...joyful issue of those sufferings, and thereby help forward also your consolation and salvation. I. 8 That we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life. We were pressed exceedingly with those troubles and persecutions, even above the power of our natural...

...of our affliction which befel us in Asia; that we were exceedingly pressed above our strength, so 9 that we despaired even of life. But we had the sentence...of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in our10 selves, but in that God who raiseth the dead : who delivered us from so great a death, and doth...

...Christ shed abroad in hit heart; from the joy which the success of the gospel cave him ; from the 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our...strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life : 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God...

...enough of particularity in the passage to show that it is to be referred to the tumult at Ephcsus; " We would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia." And there is nothing mpre; no mention of Demetrius, of the seizure of St. Paul's friends, of the interference...

...deliver me out of t.he hand of the uncircuvncised Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 37. And says Paul, We have the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raiseth the dead — There mind the alone object of faith and hope, and see the reasoning on past...

...deliverance from death and hell ; but here it signifies only deliverance from their present sorrow. TFXT. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our...strength; insomuch that we despaired even of life. 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God,...