 But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap : and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold...  The Works of Samuel Hopkins, D.D. ... - Page 276by Samuel Hopkins - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregationalism - 1812 - 406 pages
...greater light to his people, to distinguish between true religion and its counterfeits ; Mai. iii. 3. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver:...purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lcrd an offering in righteousness. With ver. 18. which is a conti: u ;iion of the prophecy of... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 pages
...metaphor, whose meaning at first sight is not so clear, is the old, old truth taught us by the text : — " And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver,...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." The metallurgical knowledge of the ancients was very limited, being almost entirely confined to that... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1842 - 502 pages
...spiritual sense of Malachi, chap. 3, ver. 3, 4. "And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old and... | |
 | Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 450 pages
...his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...fullers' soap : 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the s6ns of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they...offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old,... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pages
...delight in. Behold he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts: but who shall abide the day of his coming? And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi.'* Thus our Lord, acting as one sent of God, shewed his zeal to be most divine and fervent; •which brought... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...of the Covenant and King of Zion is compared to a refiner's fire, and fuller's soap. " He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he shall...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." In this sense, he is a consuming fire to the godly ; he refines them hy consuming their dross. This... | |
 | Samuel Horsley (bp. of St. Asaph.) - 1816 - 394 pages
...•which, V you consult your Bibles, you will find to be these : " For he is like a refiner's fire and a fuller's soap : And he shall sit as a refiner and...of silver : And he shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. And I will come near to you to judgment... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...appeareth — for he is " like a refiner's fire, and like fnl" ler's sope : and he shall sit as a re" finer and purifier of silver, and he " shall purify the...Sons of Levi, and " purge them as gold and silver." Our Saviour also apprized the apostles and bis other disciples, that " they should " be hated of all... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Christian literature, American - 1817 - 630 pages
...that should succeed the coming of the Messiah, " He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap ; he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as...the Lord an offering in righteousness." (Mai. iii. 2, 3.) While the people of God live in the exercise of repentance, and of lively faith, the losses,... | |
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