Gleanings from the Letters of JND - 370

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What do they mean by' original sin? If it be the nature (.....) that is not put away at all, but condemned in the cross. If it be the relationship and standing of the sinner, it is not changed till he believes. Only the cross is the adequate and glorious ground on which, God being glorified and the blood before His eyes, He can send to every sinner beseeching him to be reconciled; hut that proves he is not, till he answers to the call. 282