| Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 470 pages
...thee, . -' take take cheerfully ; and be patient when thou SE s M . art changed to a loia ejlate; For gold is '• tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adverjity. This was the practice of David ; who, when he was greatly diftrejjed, encouraged bimfelf... | |
| George Horne - 1769 - 174 pages
...brought upon thee take cheer•« fully, and be patient when thou art " changed to a low eftate. For gold is " tried in the fire, and acceptable men " in the furnace of adverfity a ." The reformer will proceed but a little way in his work, whofe zeal is not backed with... | |
| Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...is brought upon thee, take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low eftate. 5 For gold is tried in" the fire ; and acceptable men in the furnace of adverfity. 6 Believe in him, and he will help thee, order thy way aright, and truft in him. 7 fl Ye... | |
| William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 478 pages
...the son of Sirach, My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare they soul for temptation— for gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity *. I suppose this rule to be so certain, that human life never did, nor ever will, admit an instance... | |
| Christian life - 1803 - 266 pages
...faith in God, is toffed and borne away upon the wave of every temptation. 7. Gold is tried in thejira, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. We frequently know not the ftrength that is hidden in us, till temptation calls it forth, and ihews us how much we are able to... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Believe in him, and he will help thee ; order thy way. aright, and trust in him. On Repentance. Ecclesiasticus.... | |
| Maxims - 1807 - 152 pages
...brought upon thee, take cheerfully ; and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. 10. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. 17. Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy. 18. For the Lord is full... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 502 pages
...the son of Sirac/i, My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation'— for gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity *. I suppose this rule to be so certain, that human life never did, nor ever will, admit an instance... | |
| Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1810 - 242 pages
...temptation. Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not baste in time of trouble. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." And now, my Christian brethren, as we must all sooner or later taste the bitter cup of affliction,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...brought uponthee lake cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold i* tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. — Look at the generations of old, and see, did ever any. trust in the Lord and was confounded ? or... | |
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