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 and he adds the mode of preparing it " Cast up the high way," by removing the loftiness of pride, that the way may be made by humility; " Gather out the stones," by the removing of the other sins, which preparation is the office of purity. Of the third, S. John i. 23, " Make straight the way of the Lord," and by purity make the rough ways plain. Humility orders us in relation to God; Justice regulates us in regard to our neighbours; and Purity with regard to ourselves. May we so govern ourselves that we may be worthy to obtain salvation through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.