Wonderful as is the separation of the pure metal from the dross with which it has mingled, there is something yet more wonderful in the divine disc…

The fining pot is for silver. — See above on Proverbs 2:4.

The Lord tries the hearts. — …

The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold Refiners of silver have their fining pots, in which they purify …

God tries the heart by affliction. In this way, He has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer.