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I. That in Christ we meet with God as a Being of IMMUTABLE RECTITUDE. In Christ the moral law was —

1. Perfectly embodied;

2. Powerfully enforced.

II. That in Christ we meet with God as a Being disposed to EXERCISE CLEMENCY.

1. Christ is the highest expression of God's mercy.

2. Christ is the greatest demonstration of God's mercy.

3. Christ is the mightiest agent of God's mercy. The messenger of infinite love.

III. That in Christ we meet with God as THE LORD OF ANGELIC INTELLIGENCES.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

WEB: You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.