Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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swer the accusations presented against him j
108 POPERY CONDEAPJED EY
footed, and fasting from morn to night. On
the fourth day, the Pope deigned to admit him
to an audience,
at the intercession of the Countess
Matilda, to whom this godly Pope could
deny no favour ; because he always found her
equally condescending. He was then absolved
from th;^ sentence on the following conditions :
" That he should attend a general Council ap-
" pointed by the Pope, to which the German
" pnnces should be also called, and there an-
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and likewise, that he should submit to the
" sentence which might then be passed upon
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him : That if he was deprived of his imperial
" dignity by the decrees of the Church, he
" should lieartily acquiesce, and that, whether
" deposed or restored, he should never seek to
" be revenged for any thing done against him :
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That till his cause be finally decided, he
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should remain as a private person, by laying
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aside every mark of royalty, and desisting
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from all acts of government ; and also con-
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senting, that every person should be acquit-
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ted before God and man of their oaths of
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fideUty to him : That, if he were restored,
" he should be always subject to the Pope, and
" obedient to his orders, and employ all his
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power, in concurrence with him, to maintain
" the laws and decrees of the Church," &c.
Through the influence of the Pope, the last
days