Bible Encyclopedia: The Devil: Saints: Sifted By

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Letter vi. --For 334. Easter-Day, xii Pharmuthi, vii Id. April ...
... being a stranger, and of a different race from the saints, be accounted ... with due
observance; but he, while eating it, was sifted of the devil [4123] , who ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter vi for 334 easter-day xii.htm

Concerning the Power of the Civil Magistrate in Matters Purely ...
... and therefore when the matter is well sifted, it is ... hath been given them, and taught
them of the devil. ... indeed sometimes to flee, and the saints sometimes fled ...
/.../proposition xiv concerning the power.htm

Spiritual Gifts.
... It may sometimes consist in being sifted like wheat ... Church; destroy the works of
the devil, and all ... Catechism confesses the communion of saints: "First, that ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxvii spiritual gifts.htm

Temptations.
... the wisest are fools, when suffered to be sifted as wheat ... a one as wouldst send thy
soul to the devil in a ... I believe there are but few saints in the world that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xv temptations.htm

The Brethren at Home.
... His character and conduct were thoroughly sifted. ... In this instance, however, the
devil was innocent. ... but not worship, the Virgin Mary and the Saints, and they ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter vii the brethren at.htm

From the Two Books on the Promises.
... the conviction of the world, of the devil, of Antichrist ... and acceptable to God, just
as those saints were ... Scripture was forming, every claim was sifted, is well ...
/.../dionysius/the works of dionysius/i from the two books on.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. Chap. v. 3 and 8, "Blessed are ...
... This Peter says, and is commended; the devil says it ... canvassed, and examined, and
by disputation to be thoroughly sifted. ... Wherefore take heaven for all saints. ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon iii on the words.htm

Psalm CXXVII.
... Did not an angel fall from heaven, and become the devil? ... filled the whole earth,
whence the Saints spring ... Except the prophecy involved were sifted with diligence ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxvii.htm

Third Sunday after Trinity Humility, Trust, Watchfulness ...
... and without ceasing it must be sifted as wheat ... lord and head, who took from the devil
his power ... apostles, prophets, patriarchs and all the saints, especially of ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/third sunday after trinity humility.htm

Some Gospel Truths Opened, According to the Scriptures; Or, the ...
... Consider, 4. That if the devil should be too hard for thee, and deceive ... in this age,
that, if the faith of the true saints was well sifted, and tradition ...
/.../the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/some gospel truths opened according.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Luke 22:31
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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