The practical divinity of the papists discovered to be destructive of Christianity and mens…

Sixthly, attrition, with the Sacrament of Penance will excuse any from loving God actually, living or dying: and will secure him from perishing eternally, though he never entertain an Act of love for God in life or death. The Doctrine of their Church obligeth them all to believe this, and if any of their Doctors seem to say otherwise, they contradict either that, or themselves. For their Church requires nothing precisely, to put a man into the state of Grace and Salvation living, or dying (how long so ever he hath persisted in enmity against God; how highly so ever he hath expressed his hatred of him); but only a due partaking of the Sacrament of Penance: and he is sufficiently qualified for such a participation, if he be but attrite, that is, as they explain it, if he have but some remorse for sin out of servile fear, not out of love to God. (For ⁽ⁱ⁾that fear as servile, is contrary to the love of God:) so that for this (which they count sufficient to secure his eternal state) even at last gasp, he needs not any act of love to God, and this is not only the opinion of particular Doctors, but (as I shall show hereafter) the Doctrine of the ^(*)Council of Trent, and so not only probable with them, but certain.

Sixthly, attrition, with the Sacrament of Pennance will excuse any from loving God actually, living or dying: and will secure him from perishing eternally, though he never entertain an Act of love for God in life or death. The Doctrine of their Church obligeth them all to believe this, and if any of their Doctors seem to say otherwise, they contradict either that, or themselves. For their Church requires nothing precisely, to put a man into the state of Grace and Salvation living, or dying (how long so ever he hath persisted in enmity against God; how highly so ever he hath expressed his hatred of him); but only a due partaking of the Sacrament of Pennance: and he is sufficiently qualified for such a participation, if he be but attrite, that is, as they explain it, if he have but some remorse for sin out of servile fear, not out of love to God. (For ⁽ⁱ⁾that fear as servile, is contrary to the love of God:) so that for this (which they count sufficient to secure his eternal state) even at last gasp, he needs not any act of love to God, and this is not only the opinion of particular Doctors, but (as I shall shew hereafter) the Doctrine of the