 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 686 Seiten
...temptation. Set thy heart aright ; con. stantly endure ; and make not haste in the time of trouble. Whatever is brought upon thee take cheerfully; and be patient...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.... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 Seiten
...shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; but in temptation even he will deliver him. 5 Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and...be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. 6 For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men ill the furnace of adversity. 7 Believe in him,... | |
 | George Horne - 1833 - 438 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1838 - 594 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1838 - 604 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1839 - 402 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Alexander Knox - 1834 - 514 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1835 - 568 Seiten
...temptation. Set thy heart aright; constan! ty endure ; and make not haste in the time of trouble. Whatever is brought upon thee take cheerfully ; and be patient...thou art changed to a low estate : for gold is tried and purified in the fire, ami acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." — And therefore, says... | |
 | John Jebb - 1835 - 428 Seiten
...offence to France. ' Send them off,' said he, ' and then proclaim them as deserters.' If ' gold be tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity', a valuable institution, intended to be made still more valuable, is likely to be brought under an analogous... | |
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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. 
