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 MASS. 1. As to _what the Platform teaches_ on this topic, there ought
to be no difficulty; because, _a_. On page 5 of the Platform, we find a
definite list of the errors contained in the Augsburg Confession, viz.:
1. The approval of the _ceremonies_ of the mass. 2. Private Confession
and Absolution. 3. Denial of the Divine obligation of the Christian
Sabbath. 4. Baptismal Regeneration. 5. The real presence of the body and
blood of the Saviour in the Eucharist. Here it is evident that the
charge is, that the Confession advocates the _ceremonies_ of the mass,
but _not the mass itself_, as has been alleged. _b_. In the same
connexion it is stated, "These are the _only_ errors contained in the
Augsburg Confession." But if these are the only errors charged, then it
follows that the error of inculcating the mass itself, or doctrine of
the mass, is at all events _not charged in the Platform_, if it is in
words even contained in the Confession. _c_. The _caption_ in the list
of errors on page 21 of the Platform, is not headed the _Mass_, as is
the article of the Confession to which it refers; but w