proclaim the forgiveness of those sins on earth (when humbly and heartily desired 26), which are already forgiven in heaven! Such a dispensation of comforting mercy forget we not, for it is a heavenly gift! yea, given "for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Ephes. iv. Christ." Can I conclude better than in holy David's words? "THOU hast forgiven the offence of Thy people, and covered all their sins. THOU hast taken away all Thy displeasure, and turned Thyself from Thy wrathful indignation. TURN US THEN, O GOD OUR SAVIOUR, AND LET THINE Ps. lxxxv. ANGER CEASE FROM US!" 26 See Rubric before Absolution in the "Visitation of the Sick." Individually, I can conceive no greater comfort than the blessing of a holy man, in God's name! Who can ever forget a father's or a mother's blessing? I should pity such. 2-4. "Credite experto, quasi Christianus Christianis loquor. Venenata sunt illius dogmata, aliena à Scripturis Sanctis, vim Scripturis facientia."-HIEROM. ad Pammac. et Ocean. tom. i. 521. A. " Quisquis es assertor novorum dogmatum, quæso te, ut parcas Romanis auribus; parcas fidei, quæ Apostoli voce laudata est. Cur post quadringentos annos docere nos niteris, quod ante nescivimus? cur profers in medium, quod Petrus et Paulus edere noluerunt! Usque ad hunc diem sine istâ doctrinâ mundus Christianus fuit. Illam senex tenebo fidem, in qua puer renatus sum.” IBID. p. 526. E. Τὸ δὲ πᾶν διὰ τὸν Θεὸν πράττομεν, καὶ ὥστε ἐκεῖνον περὶ δογμάτων ἀπολογήσασθαι τούτων· ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώπους θέλων πεῖσαι πολλὰ ὕπουλα ποιεῖ, καὶ διεστραμ μένα, καὶ ἀπάτῃ κέχρηται καὶ ψεύδει, ὥστε πεῖσαι καὶ ἑλεῖν τὴν τῶν ἀκουόντων γνώμην· ὁ δὲ θεὸν πείθων, καὶ ἀρέσκειν ἐκείνῳ σπουδάζων, ἁπλῆς δεῖται διανοίας καὶ κατ θαρᾶς ἀνεξαπάτητον γὰρ τὸ θεῖον· ὅθεν δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ἡμεῖς, φησιν, οὐ φιλαρχίας ἕνεκεν, οὐδὲ ὥστε μαθητὰς ἔχειν, οὐδὲ τῆς παρ' ὑμῶν ἐφιέμενοι δόξης ταῦτα γράφομεν· οὐ γὰρ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσαι ἐσπουδάκαμεν, ἀλλὰ θεῷ. CHRYSOST. in c. i. Epist. ad Galat. Comment. tom. x. 671. D. Καὶ τί λέγω; οὐδὲ Παύλῳ πείθεσθαι χρὴ, ἄν τι ἴδιον λέγῃ, ἄν τι ἀνθρώπινον, ἀλλὰ τῷ ̓Αποστόλῳ τῷ τὸν Χριστὸν ἔχοντι λαλοῦντα ἐν ἑαυτῷ. IBID. in 2 Epist. ad Timoth. c. i. Hom. ii. tom. xi. 669. Ε. Μαχαίρας δίκην τέμνε τὰ περισσὰ καὶ νοθὰ δόγματα, ἃ οἱ ἀπολλύμενοι προσετρέψαντο τῷ κηρύγματι, καὶ εἰς τὸ εὐθὲς ἄγε διὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος.-CECUMEN. Com. in 2 Tim. ii. 15. tom. ii. 247. Εἰ φιλομαθῶς ἐζήτεις τὰς γραφάς, εὕρισκες δὲ ἑτέρας ἐκεῖθεν μαρτυρίας, διασαφούσας σοι τὸ κινούμενον. ISIDOR. Pelusiot. lib. i. 449. p. 114. 66 Propositum mihi erat, non ad meam voluntatem Scripturas trahere, sed id dicere, quod Scripturas velle intelligebam. Commentatoris officium est non quod ipse velit : sed quid sentiat ille, quem interpretatur, exponere. Alioqui si contraria dixerit, non tam interpres erit, quam adversarius ejus, quem nititur explanare."-HIEROM. Epist. xlviii. ad Pammach. tom. i. 227. E. "Omne quod non ædificat audientes, in periculum vertitur loquentium. Ego si fecero, si dixero quippiam, quod reprehensione dignum est: de sanctis egredior, et polluo vocabulum Christi, in quo mihi blandior.”—IBID. Epist. Ixiv. ad Fabiolam. tom. i. 356. B. SERMON VI. PART I. THE FAITH ONCE DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS. 66 JUDE ver. 3. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the Saints." THESE words of St. Jude, Christian Brethren, are fitting ones for the matter we yet have in hand, which is, to complete our survey of Romish errors. For one or two points have still to be referred to, although hinted at, and even mentioned, in what has previously been said. The words, moreover, of "Jude, |