Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 12:8

8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me .

For the removal of this affliction (of what nature soever it was) for the taking of this thorn out of my flesh, I prayed often. It is lawful for us to pray for the removal of bodily Evils; though such Prayer must be always attended with a due submission to the wisdom and will of God; they being not Evils in themselves, but such tr[illegible: 1 letter]als as God intendeth for our good (as it was here in Paul's Case) and which issue in our spiritual advantage.