184. Purity by imputation from the merit of the Lord can be understood by no one. If a man is not purified as to his life, can the imputation of the Lord's merit reform, alter and change a man, and from a devil make him an angel? Must not the evil of his life be removed? Is this possible by the imputation of the merit of the Lord, and by condoning sins and by justification through faith alone so that the Lord gives no heed to the evils? The evils remain, infecting and infesting societies.