Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

SCRIPTURE AtJQ THE FATHERS. 105
hips, in his knees, in his legs, in his feet, in
his joint.-, and in his nails. - May he l>, cursed
in the whole structure of his m:.nbors.
From the crown of his head to the sole of his
foot, may there be no soundness in him.
May the Son of the Uving God, with all the
glory of his majesty, curse him. And may
heaven,
and all the powers that move therein,
rise against him to damn him, unless he repent
and make full satisfaction. Amen,
Amen. Amen *'."
In this manner did the pretended ministers
of that religion, which says, bless and curse yioi^
pour out their execrations against offenders;
and it must be confessed, that this specimen of
their cursing talents is
a masterly performance.
Though such a sentence would now be regarded
with the utmost contempt, yet, when
Europe was involved in superstition and ignorance,
it was frequently attended with the most
baleful consequences to the person who incurred
it. According to the canon-law, the subjects
of excommunicated princes were not only
loosed from their oaths of allegiance, but expressly
prohibited to yield them any kind of
obedience. This censure, therefore, in the
hands of one, who was generally believed to
possess a powxr over the very gates of heaven,
greatly
* Lege- Book of the Church of Rochester, and Sir
Henry SpeJman's Glossary, p. 206.