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242 LIFE OF PAUL . throwsa floodoflightupon thatwhich has been concealedfrom thesightand knowledgeof men . What thehands may do orthetonguemay utter, -what the outerlifecan exhibit,-but imperfectlyrevealsman's moralcharacter. The law extendstothethoughts,motives,and purposesof the heart. The dark passions that lie hidden from the sightof men , thejealousy, revenge, hatred, lust, and wild ambition, the evildeeds meditatedupon in thedark recessesof thesoul, yetneverexecutedforwant of opportunity, of alltheseGod'slaw makes a record. Men may imaginethattheycan safelycherishthesesecret sins; but itisthesethatsapthe veryfoundation of character ; for out of the heart are the issues of life ." ،، Paul then endeavored to direct the minds of hishearersto the one greatSacrificeforsin. He pointedback to thosesacrificesthatwere shadows ofgood thingsto come, and thenpresented Christas the antitypeof allthoseceremonies, -the objecttowhichtheypointedastheoneonly source of lifeand hope for fallenman . Holy men of old were saved by faith in the blood of Christ. As they saw the dying agonies of the sacrificialvictims,theylookedacrossthegulfof agestotheLamb ofGod thatwas to takeaway the sin of the world . God justlyclaimedthe loveand obedienceof allhiscreatures. He had given them in his law a perfectstandardof right. But they forgot theirMaker, and chosetofollowtheirown way in oppositiontohiswill. They had returnedenmity fora lovethatwas ashigh as Heaven and asbroad as the universe. God couldnotbring down his law to meet the standard of wicked