...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...

...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...

...is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: He shall sit refining and purifying silver : and shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and as silver, that they may bring to Jehovah a meatoffering of justice; then shall the meatoffering 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...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...

...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...

...the Lord of hosts: but who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears ? for e said unto them: What things? And they said unto him : Concerning Jesus of Nazaret of silver," Mai. iii. 1 — 3. And afterwards : " For behold the day cometh, that shall burn as an...

...and who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like 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 may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness....

...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...

...•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...

...when he appeareth ? for he is like a (é) refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap : and he shall sit as refiner and purifier of silver ; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, first year of Cyrus the Persian, about j 537 years before the birth of Christ, and perhaps the same...