Affliction, Afflictions
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1. Permitted by God to
2. Miscellaneous
 1. Permitted by God to
 brighten gold in us 2SG 88; 1T 83
 bring us closer to throne of grace 4T 143
 come for our good AA 524; COL 175; MB 10; ML 93; 9T 228
 discipline TM 355
 loosen grasp on earthly treasure 2T 184
 prompt one to search heart 3T 28
 prune 4T 354-5
 purify AA 524, 576; COL 175; GC 48, 649; MB 31; MH 471; ML 92; PP 738; 1T 706-7; 2T 97, 119, 269; 4T 85, 221
 refine 3T 115
 remove dross 2SG 88; 1T 83, 706-7; 2T 188-9; 4T 85
 reveal character defects DA 301; PP 129-30; 2T 188-9
 show what temper we are of MH 471; 7T 214
 teach lessons 2T 275
 teach some things in short time 1T 614-5
 test and prove 4BC 1146; LS 244; 2T 278; 3T 115; 4T 18
 work out His purposes for us ML 292; 5T 742
 2. Miscellaneous
 Abraham’s experience in, lessons from PP 129-30
 bear up under EW 46
 comfort in MB 10; 2T 318-20
 crucible of, Israel passed through PK 97
 David learned patience in PP 665
 David’s, Shimei’s true character revealed by PP 736
 deep, God stands by you in 2SM 263
 departure from path of safety leads to SD 175
 divine agencies working in our lives 1SM 224
 experience in, worth all it costs AA 574; 3T 415
 explanation for, not always easy to give 2SM 260
 fortitude in 2SM 233-45
 furnace of, God’s people tried in PK 589; 2T 195
 God a friend in SD 16
 God closely watches us in TM 446
 God comes to all His children in SD 19
 God draws souls to Himself by LS 71-2
 God tested and proved in our 3T 318
 God will not permit, to consume the faithful 1T 707; 2T 269
 God’s people suffer, when they heed not His warnings 4T 254
 God’s providence falsely charged with 3T 563
 God’s workmen to refine us 3T 115
 grieve not because of 5T 316
 how Paul endured AA 363
 Israelites brought to repentance by 5T 455
 Jacob’s experience in, benefits of PP 208
 Jews’ double burden of suffering under DA 471
 Jews regarded, as penalty for wrongdoing DA 471
 Job faithful in PK 162
 Job’s, Satan caused GC 589