the heathen whither they went they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land. But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen whither they went: therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel; but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen whither ye went; and I will sanctify my great name which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes." (Ezek. xxxvi. 20—23.) So I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more. And the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the holy one of Israel. I shall be glorified, saith the Lord, and I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed. And at the last awful day, we know the assembled universe will behold the judgment which God executed, for he will be sanctified before their

eyes. (ver. 20.) "Thus will I magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the Lord." (Ezek. xxxviii. 23.) And as the house of Israel shall know, that Jehovah is the Lord their God, from that day and forward; so the universe shall know the same through

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all eternity, God will be jealous for his holy name; and pronounces, that He will bring again his people, and gather them out of their enemies' lands; and will be sanctified in them in the sight of many nations, as He ultimately will, when He has finally harvested every virtuous intelligent from out these nether heavens into the great celestial granary, in the sight of all the high princedoms, hierarchs, and powers contained in the boundless universe, who will evermore behold them dwell in safety within the heavenly Canaan, where God declares He never more will hide his face from them: "For I will pour out my spirit on them, saith the Lord God." (Ezek. xxxix. 7. 13. 20. 22. 25--29.) But those who defile his holy name by their abominations will be consumed in his anger; for this is the law of the house: "when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. And when they go forth into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments. And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God." (Ezek. xliv. 17. 19.27.) "And this is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.' (Ezek. xliii. 12.) "And it shall come to pass

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in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that He will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy for he shall make even a speedy riddance of them that profane his holy name." (Zeph. i.8.18.) "So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy." (Zech. i. 14.) "I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain." (Zech. viii. 2, 3.) "And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master; if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible. And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person?

saith the Lord of hosts.

of ought but what is

(God will not accept perfect.) And now,

I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto this hath been by your

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means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.. Who is there among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord. But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen." (Malachi i. 5-14.) If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart." (ii. 2.) "For Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord." (ii. 11.) All these declarations clearly prove God's jealousy for his honour, and the justness of the original propo

sitions propounded in these pages, namely, the infinite purity of the divine nature-God's jealousy for his honour--and that nothing but the most unsullied righteousness can approach to Deity, or propitiate for sin. And as the Scripture hath "concluded all under sin,” (Gal. iii. 22,) none must hope for acceptance by this pure and holy God, but through the all-perfect righteousness of the second glorious Person in the blessed Trinity, who ever lives and reigns one with the Father and the Holy Ghost.

We now proceed to examine Holy Writ on the assertions therein contained in confirmation of the truth of our premised observation respecting the high importance of the legal types, as illustrative of the righteousness of Christ. "And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. (Proving, as already noticed, that the typical religion was instituted immediately subsequent to the fall of man; and that Abel well understood its prefigurative meaning, as well as its intention; for he brought the firstlings of his flock, together with their fat but above all, he tendered this representative sacrifice with a good and virtuous heart.) And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain, (who by his conduct had offended the Lord his God,) and to his offering, God had not respect." (Gen. iv. 3-5.) "And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it like the engravings of a signet, Holiness to the Lord.