...flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Mai. iii. 1. BEHOLD,...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...

...the Christian era. Of these the former is contained in his third chapter, and runs in this wise : " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight ' St. Augustin, quoted by Dean Stanhope. ' Luke i. 14. Y in : behold, he shall come, saith...

...expected without the fear of a disappointment ; and this " peace is made through the blood of his cross." And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to...behold, he shall come saith the Lord of Hosts.— Mai. iii. 1. THE coming of the Messiah was anticipated with much impatience and pleasure by the Jewish...

...bringforthmy servant the Branch. — Zech. iii. 8. vi. 12, 13. Behold, I will send my messenger, Ac. And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to...; Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts, &c. Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord. —Mai. iii. 1. 4. Blessed...

...In the hour of victory, " Let us not be high-minded, but fear." 41 SERMON XXX. MALACHI, iii. 1, 2. And the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to...the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth ? FOR the general meaning of this passage, all expositors, both Jewish and Christian, agree,...

...Covenant; Mai. iii. 1. " Behold, I will send my Messenger, and he shall prepare the way before mo ; and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come into...in. Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts :" And this messenger, without doubt, was Christ. — It is plain, by Heb. xii. 25, '26, '27, that...

...acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of -vengeance of our God. And God, speaking by Malachi, says : Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when he appeareth ? lor he is like a refiner•s fire, and like fuller•s soap. These prophecies plainly show...

...even until the consummation, and that determined be poured upon the desolate." (Dan. ix. 24, &c.)" Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...the day of his coming, 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...

...coming of Christ; the day spoken of in the first, second, and third verses of the foregoing chapter; " Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire," &c. This day shall burn as an oven, with respect to the...

...even until the consummation, and that determined be poured upon the desolate." (Dan. ix. 24, &c.) " Behold I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare...the day of his coming, 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...