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 SXTaZS uscos. [BO0* II. merit being demanded beforehand, and even of money being pocketed by the priest which had been given'as alms for the relief of the dy- ing."--P. 34. "The church revenue," says Mr. Croly, "is become a mere scram- ble: every man is striving to seize upon a larger share, and deciding tbr himself in the appropriation. This is a bad state of things; it is a shameful state of clerical demoralization. Common honesty is out of the question. Nothing but lies, schemes, duplicity, false returns; so tlt the simple ad the honest become the prey of the cunning and he craft" �Y' Such is the character of the Catholic clergy of Ireland, according to the testimony of one of their own number. 1 I. It is now time to bring the discussion of this sacrament to a conclusion. We have fully showed, that this rite of the Church of Rome has no authority from Scripture; and, indeed, some very grave and learned Roman Catholics are of opinion, that its Scriptural authority is more han doubtful. Cardinal Cajetan on St. James v, 14, 15, says: "It neither appears by the words, nor by the effect, that St. James speaks of de sacra- ment of extreme unction, but rather of that unction which our Lord pointed in the gospel to be used on sick persons by his disciples. Fog he text does not say, is a man zici unto datA, but absolutely, is any -/ck ? And it makes the effect to be, the recovery of the ziot, and speaks but conditionally of the forgiveness of sins; whereas, extreme unction is not given but when a man is almost at the point of death; and as the form of words then used sufficiently shows, it tends directly to the forgiveness of sins."* 1
 * Neque sjj)aret, r.--Comme./ flash., v, 14, tom. i, tit.

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