cremes do, but as moral causes, hasmuch as they efficaciouely move God to produce the grses which they sisni?, and which ? hiumeif promise8 infallibly to give, as often as they are rightly admiuimered and worthfly received .... The reason is, beesuse the mode of opera- rice follows the mode of existence. But the eacmments, as seers- mento, are something moral, depending solely on the institution o? Christ, ?mn which, an(l from the merits of Christ, they' lMMse88 their entire force and efficacy of csuntion; so that their manner of opera- tiou io not physical, but moral," &c.' Such are the jarring sentiments among Roman Catholic divines. It will be ,mnecenary to add here an F amount Of argument, as the bare tecitsl Of their doctrines will be sufficient to convince the careJul ob- oarYet Of the ?utility of their doct14.ne on this poiM. A few remarks, howover, may be made. The Scripu?es ascribe our jus6fication tof?rA, Rom. i, 17; iii, 28; iv, 3; x, 10; $ohniii, 18. This does not ugree with the Rombh doctrine concerning the escmments, to which they ascribe an operatiou which makes faith void. Bern� in the place of directing fallen man d?tely to ? through Christ, the sacraments, whether acting mornfly or physically, are put in the place, or interfere with the renewinf and mnctifying operations Of ?ed'o Spirit. On this topic we will, 1. Give the Roman Catholic de?Initiou o� the thing. 2. Consider their proofs for its existence. 3. The three su* m'amenm which are said to confer it. 4. Questions concorn;v?g it. 0. 0bje,?m to it. 4. De.?ndm tour ? o/' cAer?er. ?e? ? ? deh? ?ven ? ?e ?. Fe? de? it ?us: "Char b u spi?- ?, hde?e ?, im?? on the s?l ? ?e ?e? ? ? ?te- ?le ?ent, s?ng i ce?n ??t.? B?y dehes it ? ? ? ?e M?, ? w?ch it hap?ns ?at ?e sa?? which' ?ss ? ??r can? be ?e C?c? of Flounce and of T?t ? ?en? c?r. ?e !?er nys: "W?veF 8h? ? a ??r, t? is, a ce? mpreso? ? ?e M? ? ?e ?e ?en? Of balm, ??i?, ? ?em, ? w? ?n ?ey cu?t aecureed."? The Council of Florence says: "Amon? these astra- meats them are three, baptism, confirmation, and orders, which impress em the soul s character, that io, a certain spiritual indelible oigu, which '?hee them from others; whence in the same person they are mot ?. The other four do not impre? a character, and admit Of reitermion."l + Ferrari, on the word f?m'amtutmu, art. ?, No. 3?. Charact.? e?, 8i?um st?rituale indelibile animm impre#urn in 8uoceptioM tmci? tmn."--Fm?m*b in 8s?,mumtM? art. n, No. ?. S De Hacrun., c. 5, aft. 6, tom. '6i, ? n ? 8cu. ?, can. 9. "Inter be sacmmonta tria sont, us. confirmatio, et ordo, (?um chmcto- rein, bi e?_, Syin'male quoddam signurn �ceurb distinctivum imptinunt m uima indo. I 13'* '
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