...seek shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the Covenant whom ye desire ; but who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth?" chap. ii. 1,2; and again, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great...

...him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people." " Who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth ?" None but he who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, who takes him for his Saviour, and who proves...

...will send my messenger, and he shall prepare thy way before me," says at the second verse, ' But who may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth? fur he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.' " This description can have no reference...

...will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me," says at the second verse, But who may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand...is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap." ' " This description can have no reference to the birth of Jesns Chirst, and conseqnently none to John...

...Allusions are continually made in Scripture to this property of fire. Malachi iii. 2, 3 : " But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand...appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap ; and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of * Simpson's Essay, pp. 17, 18. t Ibid....

...and he shall prepare the way hefore me/' says at the second verse, " But who may ahide the H day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth?...is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.'> This description can have no reference to the hirth of Jesus Christ, and conseqnently none to John...

...come which like a burning oven will purify them; and this is what the second text expresses, " But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiners fire," &c. Thus he saith, " Behold, I will send my messenger who shall banish the wicked from...

...covenant, whom ye delight in : behold he shall come saith the Lord of hosts. But who mayabide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's firev and like fuller's soap : and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall...

...brought to light," and when the hypocrites in Zion will be unmasked before an assembled world ? " But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth :" Unjust as was the sentence, which doomed such conscientious adherents to the church of Rome as Fisher...

...them. Malachi treats the same subject, and represents the same event under the like images : " But who may abide the day of his coming ? And who shall stand when he appeared! ? For he is like the fire of the refiner. And like the soap of the fullers. And he shall...