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 chance of  salvation,  what  advantage  is  it  to  me  to  belong to  her  body  also? This advantage,  that  God having given  you  the  light  to  know  her  for  the  true Church, you  would  by  abandoning  her  commit  a mortal  sin  and  place  your  salvation  in  jeopardy. For he who  belongs  to  her  soul  alone,  should  God  at  any time give  him  the  light  to  know  her  as  the  true Church, is  bound  from  that  moment  to  join  the  visible body of  the  Catholic  Church  under  pain  of  mortal sin. And if  God  does  not  give  him  this  light,  see what straits  he  is  in. To be  saved,  one  must  at least  belong  to  the  soul  of  the  Church. You are separated from  it  by  sin,  but  regain  your  place  in God's  Church  by  the  sacraments  of  reconciliation  and love. Our good  Protestant  sins,  and  his  only  means of reuniting  himself  to  the  Church's  soul  is  an  act  of perfect  contrition. Now what  Protestant  can  live long without  a  mortal  sin? or easily  make  an  act  of contrition? or consequently  easily  save  his  soul? That is  why  I  suspect  that  at  the  last  day  the  vast majority of  the  elect  will  be  from  among  professed Catholics, for  the  election  of  men  from  the  world into the  soul  and  body  of  the  Church,  is  a  harbinger of their  final  election  from  the  Church  militant  into the Church  triumphant. Nor must  you  imagine  it  is, therefore, better  to  leave  a  Protestant  in  his  error than show  him  the  truth  and  have  him  refuse  it. Apart from  the  fact  that  you  know  not  what  he  will do until  you  have  instructed  him,  Christ  bids  us preach  the  truth  to  every  creature  without  exception. Why then,  you  ask,  does  God  give  the  light  of