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<p>By the death Jesus, all our horrible filth and defilement, <br />
          however black, monstrous, aggravated and abominable, <br />
          however deep and dreadful, was thoroughly and forever . . .<br />
          put away,<br />
          cast behind God's back,<br />
          blotted out as a thick cloud, and<br />
          drowned in the depths of the sea! <br />
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          In the pierced hands, and feet and side of Immanuel, <br />
          a fountain was opened for all sin and uncleanness!<br />
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          <strong>At the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ</strong> . . .<br />
          <strong>justice </strong>and mercy met together,<br />
          <strong>righteousness </strong>and peace kissed each other,<br />
          <strong>mercy </strong>rejoiced over judgment,<br />
          <strong>grace </strong>abounded over sin!<br />
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          <strong>Justice</strong>, with all its inflexible requisitions, was thoroughly <br />
          satisfied; the <strong>law</strong>, with all its holy, unbending demands <br />
          fully magnified; every <strong>perfection </strong>of God eternally glorified; <br />
          every apparently barring <strong>attribute </strong>entirely harmonized; so <br />
          that Jehovah, in all the blaze of ineffable purity, majesty, <br />
          power, and holiness—can now be just, infinitely just—and <br />
          yet the justifier of those who believe in Jesus.<br />
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          Here, then, at the foot of the cross, is <strong>pardon</strong> and <strong>peace</strong> <br />
          for guilty criminals! Here is thorough <strong>justification </strong>for the <br />
          self-condemned and self-abhorred! Here is <strong>salvation</strong>, <br />
          complete and everlasting, for all the redeemed family of <br />
          God! Here is a <strong>fountain</strong>, ever open, full and free! Here is <br />
          a <strong>robe</strong>, in which the spouse of Jesus stands without blemish <br />
          and without spot before the throne of God! Here <strong>mercy </strong>is <br />
          magnified forever! Here dying <strong>love </strong>displays itself in all its <br />
          breadth, and length, and depth, and height! Here <strong>grace</strong>, <br />
          all-glorious, all-triumphant grace, reigns unto eternal life, <br />
          by Jesus Christ our Lord!<br>
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