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98 In the Divine Word, where we find the Lord's divine work in the flesh represented in various forms, this change,—the putting off of the old, and putting on of the new, is also representatively described. In the prophecy of Zechariah, (chap, iii.) Joshua the high priest is presented before us as a type of the Lord Jesus, as the great high priest of his church. In that singular chapter of a singular prophecy, the prophet says, "And he (the angel) shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at His right hand. Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment." We must remark that this filthy garment does not apply to the whole human nature, but only to that part of it which was from the frail and finite human mother Mary, and that the iniquity which was to pass from him, was not active iniquity, for the