...surprised and dismayed : hence Peter tells you to " think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you," 1 Pet. iv. 12, for the same strange things are accomplished in our brethren that are in the world....

...experience hope%" • m ... .1 • .. " Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are par* Heb. x. 32—36. t 2 Thess. i. 4, S. takers of Christ's sufferings....

...hear what the apostle says, 1 Pet. iv. 12. « Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial; which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.' See how Solomon accounts for this, Eccl. i. 9, 10, 11.' The Thing that hath been, it is that which...

...Jesus Christ." 1 Peter, iv. 12, 13. " Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though, some strange thing happened unto you : but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed,...

...well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 12 Beloved, think it not strange eoneerning the fiery • rial,/whieh is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoiee, in as mueh as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory snail...

...patience. Be not alarmed and disquiet* ed: " think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you." , J)o not repine and murmur, when you ought to be grateful. Wherefore should a living man complain...

...with him," (2 Tim. ii. 11, 12.) " Beloved, think it not strange," says St. Peter, " concerninfttft fiery trial that is to try you, as though some strange thing," of which yon had not been forewarned, " happened unto you ; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers...

...yourselves likewise with the same mind" — " Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you : But rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be revealed,...

...For even hereunto were ye called f. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial, which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you ; but rejoice, in as much as ye P2 Cor.iv. 8—11. §11. » 2 Tim. i. 8. » Phil. i. 38, 39, 30. «...

...and purpose, to separate the gold from the dross. So you will find it, 1 Pet. iv. 12. 'Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial that is to try you,' ie the very design and aim of providence in permitting and ordering them, is to try you. Upon this...