it cannot enter heaven. They forget that God is the Righteous One as well as the Merciful; that ere His righteousness can liberate a single soul His holy law must be fulfilled, and the sinner, everyone for himself, must have part in the righteousness of Christ, and consequently in the acquittal of God. And thus with the word of mercy upon his lips, many a one nevertheless goes on to meet destruction: not because there is no mercy with God even for him, but because he has never obtained part in the
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