...and goodness hath ever exercised upon those whom he hath made willing to bear the refining operation of his holy hand, seem strange to any of us ? " Gold...in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of affliction." If it thus became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing...

...silver is refined ! " Verily there is a vein for silver, and a place for gold where they fine it." "Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of affliction." The Lord's fire is ever in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. " The light of Israel shall...

...saith Job, ' he hath tried me , I shall come forth as gold ;' and, ' Gold,' saith the wise man, ''a tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." It is the method whereby God reclaimeth sturdy sinners to • Hence rapaa^i (trial) is the usual word...

...purge away the dross, and to refine them for the Master's use. " Gold," sailh the sou of Sirach, " is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," Eccles. ii. 5. In the mean time, God's displeasure against the wicked is ever the same, and their prosperity,...

...take cheerfully; and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate : for gold is tried and purified in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." And therefore, says St. James, " Blessed is the man that endureth temptation ; for, when he ia tried, [if...

...uncomplaining contentment. He "who searcheth the hearts" alone knows; but let all such remember that " gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity : " let them remember that the rank soil of prosperity is unfitted to develope the shoots of those...

...uncomplaining contentment. He "who searcheth the hearts" alone knows; but let all such remember that " gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity : " let them remember that the rank soil of prosperity is unfitted to develope the shoots of those...

...the persuasion, that, whatever befalls the English Church, will be for its greater good. If " gold be tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," it is natural to suppose a like discipline necessary, for the perfection of collective bodies, and...

...saving baptism, which is compared to fire, whose nature is to consume and purify. Thus the righteous are tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. God knows his own children, and they know him, and are not deceived: — but he is hid to them who...

...by the persuasion, that whatever befals the English Church will be for its greater good. K ' gold be tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity,' it is natural to suppose alike discipline necessary for the perfection of collective bodies and corporate...