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<p><strong>Conflicts, trials, painful exercises, 
  sharp sorrows, and deep temptations</strong><br />
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  &quot;The Lord tries the righteous.&quot; Psalm 11:5<br />
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  To keep water fresh, it must be perpetually <br />
  running. And <strong>to keep the life of God up in <br />
    the soul</strong>, there must be continual trials. <br />
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  This is the reason why the Lord's people have so many . . .<br />
  <strong>  conflicts,<br />
    trials,<br />
    painful exercises,<br />
    sharp sorrows,<br />
    and deep temptations</strong>—<strong><br />
  </strong>to keep them alive unto God—to bring them <br />
  out of, and to keep them out of that slothful, <br />
  sluggish, wretched state of carnal security.<br />
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  The Lord, therefore, &quot;tries the righteous.&quot; <br />
  He will not allow His people . . .<br />
  to be at ease in Zion; <br />
  to be settled on their lees, and <br />
  get into a wretched Moabitish state. <br />
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  He therefore sends upon them afflictions, <br />
  tribulations, and trials—and allows Satan <br />
  to tempt and harass them.