is the dispensation of another's bounty, yet is it not a bad priests. But although the absolution of the priest alone. [Chap. 6.] part, or no intention on the part of the priest of acting rehearsing those last words as having been uttered by MARRIAGE AS A SACRAMENT 51 THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY ought not so to confide in his own personal faith as to as the ministers of Christ, and that their sentiment is the priest as by a judge. And therefore the penitent one flesh ; and straightway confirmed the firmness or of declaring that sins are forgiven, but is in the nature joined together, our Lord taught more plainly when, seriously and absolving truly he is nevertheless truly erroneous who contend that this power exists not in The first parent of the human race, under the influ- God, he said : Therefore now they are not two, but This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh ; and in God's sight absolved on account of his faith of a judicial act, whereby sentence is pronounced by shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one matrimony perpetual and indissoluble when he said : wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and flesh. But, that by this bond two only are united and bare ministry only, whether of announcing the Gospel, ence of the Divine Spirit, pronounced the bond of think that even though there be no contrition on his