 | New Church gen. confer - 1842 - 502 pàgines
...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...Lord, as in the days of old and as in former years." My mind has frequently dwelt upon these words, and the spiritual sense,! am certain, will afford me,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - 450 pàgines
...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 silver;...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 as in former... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1816 - 488 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1817 - 630 pàgines
...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...offer unto 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,... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 566 pàgines
...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;...Lord, as in the days of old, and as in " former years ;" pleasant as in the days when their fathers offered in faith, and the desire of Messiah's appearance... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 574 pàgines
...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;...Lord, as in the days of old, and as in " former years ;" pleasant as in the days when their fathers offered in faith, and the desire of Messiah's appearance... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 480 pàgines
...stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiners fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall set as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall...offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." ' , The messenger here promised, who should pare ihe way before the Lord, we find in John the baptist,... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 490 pàgines
...appeareth ? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall sit as a rejiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons...silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.1 VIII. From these remarks it appears, to use the language of our Church, that The Old... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 448 pàgines
...stand when he appcareth ? for he is like a refiners fire, and like fuller's soap. And he shall set aaa refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify...gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord M offering in righteousness." 1QS1 The messenger here promised, who should prepare the way before the... | |
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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 fullers' 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... 
