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."*
- Neque sj?j)aret, ?r?.--Comme?./? flash., v, 14, tom. i?, tit.
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