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Ex.: I.  Sin  general. II. Justification by  faith. III. Refutation.

I. True  means :  I.  Baptism  and  Penance. 2. Virtue  and Sacrament. 3. Power  delegated.

II. Parts of  Sacrament :  1. Contrition. 2. Confession. 3. Satisfaction.

III. De profundis:  1. There is  forgiveness. 2. Conversion. 3. Example  for  others.

Per.: 1. Probatica. 2. Moving  of  waters. 3. Miracle  repeated.

Brethren, it  is  a  deplorable  fact  that  in  this  world of ours  few  things  are  more  common  than  sin. Ever since  the  fall  of  man  sin  has  been  almost  a part  of  our  very  nature,  for:  "Behold,"  says  the Psalmist, "we  were  begotten  in  iniquities,  and  in sin  did  our  mothers  conceive  us." And besides  that original and  hereditary  guilt,  each  of  us  has  added  to the  world's  wickedness  many  actual,  personal  transgressions, for,  says  St.  John:  "If  we  say  that  we have  no  sin  we  deceive  ourselves,  and  the  truth  is not  in  us." Is it  not  strange,  then,  that  notwithstanding the  prevalence  and  dreadful  nature  of  this spiritual disease,  the  Christian  world  should  be  divided as  to  its  proper  remedy? One of  the  very  few tenets upon  which  the  various  Protestant  sects  are united is  the  doctrine  of  justification  by  faith. In the face of  innumerable  texts  of  Scripture  implying  or