Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Isaiah 1:25
There is 1 footnote for this reference.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 371, footnote 1 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
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... silver refined and needing no penal purification. “And,” says He, “I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy sin; and after this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.” And again: “Like as silver and gold are tried in the furnace, so the Lord chooseth the hearts;” And again: “The fire tries gold and silver; but man is tried in the furnace of humiliation;” and this also: “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.”[Isaiah 1:25-26]