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15. That men are tried by God for this
purpose, that they may be proved.
In Genesis: “And God, tempted Abraham,
and said to him, Take thy only son whom thou lovest, Isaac, and go into
the high land, and offer him there as a burnt-offering on one of the
mountains of which I will tell thee.”4282
Of this same thing in
Deuteronomy: “The Lord your God proveth you, that He may
know if ye love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul.”4283
Of
this same thing in the Wisdom of Solomon: “Although in the
sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality;
and having been in few things distressed, yet in many things they shall
be happily ordered, because God tried them, and found them worthy of
Himself. As gold in the furnace He proved them, and as a
burnt-offering He received them. And in their time there shall be
respect of them; they shall judge the nations, and shall rule over the
people; and their Lord shall reign for ever.”4284
Of this same thing in the
Maccabees: “Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation,
and it was accounted unto him for righteousness?”4285
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