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 CH,P. II.] atrsti. them that justice and those graces which will give them a tde to reign iu eternal life ? This hapFjr consummation BAPTSnl ALONE CAN AC- COMPLISH," p. 163, and the authorities quoted there. "Infants, unles baptized, cannot enter heaven." "The salutary waters of baptism not Oidy wash away all the stains of past sins, but also enrich the soul with divine grace, which enables the Christian to avoid sin for the future, and preserve the invaluable treasure8 of ri�ousness and inno- cence,*' p. 164. "Such i8 the achnirable efficacy of this sacrament as to rentit original sin and actual guilt, however enormous," p. 167. "In baptism not only is sin forgiven, but with it all the punishment due to sin is remittcd by a merciful God," p. 169. The foregoing declarations are so defin/te as to show at once the doctrine taught in the standard cMmchism of the Church of Rome, which all her clergy are to teach and her people to receive. The explanations of some of their divine8 on the necessity of bap- tism will more fully explain and set forth the doctrine ot' the Churc] of' Rome on this topic. In the first place we quote from the scere CAr/st/a, by Bi_bop Hay: "(t/. Is baptism necessary for our salvation ? It is doubtie88 the most necessary of all the sacraments, because without it we are incapable of receiving any other sacrament, and be- cause it is ordainod by Jesus Christ as the only means of receiving the first grace of justification, by which alone we can be delivered from 0 'rig/hal sin and partake of the merits of Christ's sufferings, so as to become members of his body.  He adds, in a following page: young child were put to death for the flake of Christ, this would be to it the Arjt/, of &,d, an(] carry it to heaven; but except in this case, as such infants are incapable of having the desire of baptism, with the other necessary dispositions, if thoy are not actually baptized with water they cannot go to heaven." We translate from Dens, eoncernin�e necessity of baptism to salvation. "It is to be premised,*' says he, "that a thing may be necessary to salvation in a twofold sense, viz., tAS oece#y qftAs m* "The fo,mer arises consideration of the medium as ab80- lutely necessary to salvation, so that, for want of it, salvation cannot be obtained an innocent or by gu/lty person. But the Ltt arises from the precept imposed, without the observance of which salvation cannot be obtained; but if through impotency or invincible ignorance, or any other excusable reasons, ttte precept cannot be fulfilled." Asrto. Assuredly: for instance, to adults in ft or in ; to children in ft, except in the case of martyrdom; but persons always insane are to be ranked with children. So the church and the holy fathers always taught from this place of John iii, 5:  a 9m As Aor as*am of tva' ad tAS HoJy GAol, AS eramot mum* uo tl  of C,." - I,/r abe ,ry by rb Mrfy oft ? 4. Areutah; as is clear  e ce of C Mau. fi, 19: Os   ,b,&c. eM, etbab �VoL L p. 408, c1 w, #c. ii. ! O,a,t,zed b, GOOcIe

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