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 cremes do, but as moral causes, hasmuch as they efficaciouely move God to produce the grses which they sisni, and which  hiumeif promise8 infallibly to give, as often as they are rightly admiuimered and worthfly received .... The reason is, beesuse the mode of opera- rice follows the mode of existence. But the eacmments, as seers- mento, are something moral, depending solely on the institution o Christ, mn which, an(l from the merits of Christ, they' lMMse88 their entire force and efficacy of csuntion; so that their manner of opera- tiou io not physical, but moral," &c.' Such are the jarring sentiments among Roman Catholic divines. It will be ,mnecenary to add here an F amount Of argument, as the bare tecitsl Of their doctrines will be sufficient to convince the careJul ob- oarYet Of the utility of their doct14.ne on this poiM. A few remarks, howover, may be made. The Scripues ascribe our jus6fication tofrA, Rom. i, 17; iii, 28; iv, 3; x, 10; $ohniii, 18. This does not ugree with the Rombh doctrine concerning the escmments, to which they ascribe an operatiou which makes faith void. Bern� in the place of directing fallen man dtely to  through Christ, the sacraments, whether acting mornfly or physically, are put in the place, or interfere with the renewinf and mnctifying operations Of ed'o Spirit. On this topic we will, 1. Give the Roman Catholic deInitiou o� the thing. 2. Consider their proofs for its existence. 3. The three su* m'amenm which are said to confer it. 4. Questions concorn;vg it. 0. 0bje,m to it. 4. De.ndm tour  o/' cAerer. e   deh ven  e . Fe de it us: "Char b u spi- , hdee , im on the sl  e e   te- le ent, sng i cen t. By dehes it    e M,  wch it hapns at e sa which' ss  r can be e Cc of Flounce and of Tt  en cr. e !er nys: "WveF 8h  a r, t is, a ce mpreso  e M  e e en Of balm, i,  em,  w n ey cut aecureed." The Council of Florence says: "Amon these astra- meats them are three, baptism, confirmation, and orders, which impress em the soul s character, that io, a certain spiritual indelible oigu, which 'hee them from others; whence in the same person they are mot . The other four do not impre a character, and admit Of reitermion."l + Ferrari, on the word fm'amtutmu, art. , No. 3. Charact.? e, 8ium strituale indelibile animm impre#urn in 8uoceptioM tmci tmn."--Fmm*b in 8s,mumtM art. n, No. . S De Hacrun., c. 5, aft. 6, tom. '6i,  n  8cu. ?, can. 9. "Inter be sacmmonta tria sont, us. confirmatio, et ordo, (um chmcto- rein, bi e_, Syin'male quoddam signurn �ceurb distinctivum imptinunt m uima indo. I 13'* '

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