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Power to your voice absolving, point
with fire
Your awful se.'-Lyra Apostol, p.

nc Sretl ui'ineS oi our Church, since
the Reformation, have not thought it incon.
sstcnt to hold that to the Offices Of the
CI urch, as such there is allied sacrament
tai efficacy, and so they make distinction
between what may be called 'sacraments,'
and llre proper sacraments, and at the same
time maintain, in the words ofthe Catechism,
'that there are two sacraments only, gener-
ally necessary to salvation. Brit. Mag.
vol xii. p. 52l.
"Mr. Palmer, 10 his Treatise on tie
Church vol. ii. p. 44G. advocates the same
view. The difference between this belief
and that ofthc Church Of Rome, is the most
trivial that can be conceived. The Roman.
lists assert seven sacraments and this wri.
ter offers to admit two sacramenis as 'gen.
orally necessary and five Offices posses-
sing 'sacramental efficacy
OLA. And, lastly, the greatest readiness
is shewn, to res inc all the external forms
and ceremonies which our Reformers cast
away, such as the use of the cruciix, eros.
sing holy water chrism, holy oil; &c. The
Oxford poet sings.
"sWhen'er across this sinful flesh of mine
Idraw the holy sign,
All good thoughts stir within me, &C.
-Lyra Apost. p. IA.
SIN saying. then, worthy fruits of pen.
ance,' the conscience of every one is suita.
bly, addressed, that he may obtain bv so
much the mere advantage of good works by
penience, as he has incurred heavier loss
by SHINING Tracts for tie Times, No. IS,
! p. III.
"'It appears to me plain that in all mat
| ters which seem TO US Indifferent or even
doubtful, we should conform our practices
to those of,he Church which has preserved
its tradi,ionary practices unbroken.'-
Froude's Remains, vol. i. p. 336.
! " But the reader will be almost ready to
ask, after this long enumeration of coinci-
dences with the Romisi Church what
it is that these writer's differ from the Pa
pits and wherefore they do not at oncera.
unite themselves to that communion? Its
right hat these questions should be answer
ed and it is but just, also. that they should
be answered by themselves, and in thei
own words. We therefore quote at once
their explanation now
"We cannot join Church, did We wi b
it ever so much, viii n does not acknorl.
edge our orders refuses us the cup; de-
m"nds our acquiescence in image wor
ship. and excommunicates US five do pt
receive it and all other decisions of Tride .
tine Council British Mag. vol. tx, p,
36I.
"tIere, then, we may ascertain the agree.
ment of these writer's with Popery mega.
lively, as we have 1y ascerained It
p ,>ilively. In the above enumeration is
included. we may fairly presume, al the
chief grounds of difference between them.
selves and The Church Of Rome. And
IL ong these grounds, we find no mention
Of Transubs'antiatio9. the Supremacy of
the Pope, Purgatory, The merit Of works,
Prayers for separation. May we not say,
then, wuh truth, that four fifhs of the anti
Christian system is already acceded to?
But there remain four points on which an
objection still exists. These are, that
Rome docs not acknowledge our orders ,
she refuses US the cup : she demands our
acquescencc IN image Worship she 're-
qul'S ",e uI'q'anneo reception OF the oe.
crees o' lhe Conncu OF Trent. NOW,
tnese iour poi''s' on closer examination,
snI'nk down into two' For the flrst' when
eSamineo' ant unls 70 little more than this:
We cannot return to Rome, She W II not
receive u.s. The fact is. that Rome, con.
s'der'ng the Church OF England as IN
s'ote Oh schism, Will not admit her orders TO
DC valid. but there can be no doubt that
it the whole Church applied for reconciL
ialion, this point would be overlooked, and
her orders bedeclared valid hv one swcon.