...Are they Hebrews? so am I. Ire they Israelites ? so am I. Are hey the seed of Abraham ? so am I. 23 z u ` d f g h U O c d e | ibours more abundant, in stripes above leasure, in prisons more frequent, in eaths oft. 24 Of the Jews...

...Are they Israelites? m am L Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? lI speak as a fool,) I am more : in labours more abundant ; in stripes 61 above measure ; in prisons more frequent ; in deaths oft. Of the Jeyvs five times received I fortv...

...lions, bears, and tigers. Was it the delicate exhalation of sacramental grace that supported Paul, "in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft?" Did its elastic properties upbuoy him, when "thrice he suffered shipwreck," and swam "a day and a night...

...ACHIEVING THESE VICTORIES. Butwhatwas there of external glory even in the case of the Apostle? Was he not in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft ? What is there of triumph here ? J)oes he not say, Of the Jews received I forty stripes save one,...

...world ; yet the author of this Epistle exceeded the rest of his fellow Apostles. In labours, says he, more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. In discoursing from the words of the text, I shall, 1st, consider the labours of the Apostle with respect...

...the dignity of his character against the unjust insinuations of his adversaries in the ministry — ' Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a fool) I am more.' But in what manner did he attempt to prove this ? "Was it by saying, I have a richer benefice than...

...life, the truth of that idea which was given him of his office. Hear the catalogue of his sufferings. ' Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save...stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck ; a night and a day have I been in the deep. In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils...

...the disadvantageous insinuations and charges of self-interested and designing men, 2 Cor. xi. 23, " Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool :)...above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths ofi." " In prisons more frequent." Therefore before writing this epistle, in the year 57, Paul had...

...their coasts, do. xiv. 19. 1 COB. xv. 30: And why stand we in jeopardy every hour ? 2 COR. xi. 23, 26 : Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool)...abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more freque"'' ui deaths oft. In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils...

...will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. 2 COR. xi. 24, 25: Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save...Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned. blood shed upon the earth, 'from the blood of righteous Abel unto mthe blood of Zacharias son of Baracliias,...