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Jesuits are very capable of
imposing upon him by means of calumny.

883. The wretches who have obliged me to speak of the basis of religion.

884. Sinners purified without penitence; the righteous justified without
love; all Christians without the grace of Jesus Christ; God without power
over the will of men; a predestination without mystery; a redemption without
certitude!

885. Any one is made a priest, who wants to be so, as under Jeroboam.

It is a horrible thing that they propound to us the discipline of the Church
of to-day as so good that it is made a crime to desire to change it.
Formerly it was infallibly good, and it was thought that it could be changed
without sin; and now, such as it is, we cannot wish it changed! It has
indeed been permitted to change the custom of not making priests without
such great circumspection that there were hardly any who were worthy; and it
is not allowed to complain of the custom which makes so many who are
unworthy!

886. Heretics.--Ezekiel. All the heathen, and also the Prophet, spoke evil
of Israel. But the Israelites were so far from having the right to say to
him, "