aved from sin and preserved blameless, will
unquestionably find an immortality of bliss, for our Lord Jesus
Christ has said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see
God." We also find the following in the book of Psalms: "Who shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in His holy
place.? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart," Let a man
therefore be saved from sin, and the blessedness of his soul is sure;
and equally true is it, that he who is not saved from sin, can never
inherit the kingdom of God, "for there shall in no wise enter
therein anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination or maketh a lie." We also learn that the design of the
gospel is to save men from their sin, by the words of God to his
ancient people Israel, respecting the object of that ceremonial
worship, which was designed to point out Christ, and the end of
his coming into the world. Lev. 16:30. "For on that day shall the
priest make atonement for you to cleanse you, that ye may be clean
from all your sins before the Lord." This idea of cleansing was ever
kept in view in all that system of ceremonial worship-while
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the grand design of that system was to set forth Christ and the
object of his coming into the world. Accordingly we are told by
Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, that these rites and ceremonies
"were a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both
gifts and sacrifices which could not make him that did the service,
nor the comers thereunto perfect, as pertaining to the conscience,
which stood only in meats and drinks and divers washings and
carnal ordinances imposed on them until the time of reformation.
But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with han
