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 4t4 um ossoss. [Boo,r II. ,o others, confessing and receiving the neromeat; or if they cannot do this, with a contrite mind to invoke the name of Jesus at the hour of' death. The concord of Catholic princes, the extirpation of heresy or Protestants, and the exaltat/on of the church, as topics of prayer, entitle to the highest ple.nary indulgence. And, certainly, the imttm- meat can have no meaning unless the remission of' the guilt of sin, as well as the temporal punishment, is embraced in the indulgence. To ive an example from the decree of. Innocent XI., under date of. May 20, 1680, commencing, Pietatis, &c., the �ollowing is the mode of ex- pression, and is the same which runs through nearly all indulgences: "Pleaarinm ornnlum peccatorum suorum indulgentJam et remissionem miser/corditer in Domino concedimus." "We mercifully, in the Lord, grant a plenary indulgence and remission of all their sins." Indulgeam and remission of sins are everywhere coupled, so as to convey die idea that pardon of guilt as well as a remiion of temporal pain is in- duded in the indulgenee.* The following is from a book of devotion, entitled The Ezce/ qf the Devotion to the Holy $, printed at Lyons, in France, in the French language, in 1824. It is an indulgence granted to those who belong[ to the religious order of the Scapulary. The reader may see it quotet in English and French in the London/)rot. for 1832, p. 199. "FORMVLARY of tl general absolution and plenary ifidalgnces grmted by tA o,eignpont/' to the bretArn, ,Ae, in tl articl of datA : "! remind the brethren, that this indulgence has the power to remit sin, not only in reference to its guilt, but also as to its punishment, and to restore the soul to the game state of innocency in which it was placed by baptism, 8o that a brother who shall have received it will go to heaven without passing through purgatory. I have thought it necessary to remind them of this, in order to show them with what contrition they ought to receive it. The formulary is as follows: "The sick man, clothed with a scapulary, having repeated the ' Co,t- ,riteor,' if he is able to repeat it, or if otherwise, one of the assistants laving repeated it for him, the confessor shall say: "God Almighty have compassion on thee, and forgive thee all thy sins, deliver thee from all evil, preserve and confirm thee in every good work, and bring thee to eternal life. Amen. "Tire Lord, most mighty and merciful, grant thee the pardon, abso- lution, and remission of all thy sins. Amen. �"The conjuror adds: "Our lord Jesus Christ, the Son of Oed, who underwent unspeak- able torments for sinners, that he �ight restore them to life; who saves all, and would have no one to be lost; neither willeth the death of sinners, but always seek8 their life; may he now regard thee with his godly companion, turn aws all wrath and indignation, and through the tenderness of his mercy targive thee all thine iniquities, and what- ever punishments are due from the rigour of  justice. And I, the unworthy servant and minister of Jesus Christ, himself our lord, and by the authority of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and of the holy Roman Church; likewise by the privileges granted to the brethren and - See Fermris, 80 tbove, art. v, Nos. 16, 17. !

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