Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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defended his cause with art and cunning ; and,
by the protection of the bishop of Rome, he
might have escaped, had he been able only to
withstand the stings of his own conscience.
But, upon the fourth day, to the great confusion
of the legate and- the
supremacy, he confessed
every crime with which he had been
charged.
What these were, we are not informed
; but, in the proceedings of that Council,
they are declared to have been " heinous, in-
" credible, such as ought not to be named, and
''such as drew sighs and tears from the whole
" assembly *." The Council immediately declared
him excluded from the communion of
"the church,
and renewed the canon, which prohibited
appeals beyond sea, on pain of excommunication.
They then wrote a synodical letter
to the Pope, in which they asserted their rights,
and told him to send them no more of his legates
upon errands of this kind.
The reader, I hope, will forgive the length of
this narration. It affords a juster view of the
supremacy, than could
be given by a multitude
of quotations from ancient authors. Nor is it
even without its consolation to the R. It will
show him that the Church of Rome did not obtain
the supremacy, without being sometimes
most sadly foiled, and therefore, may encourage
him to persevere, though his present attempts
* Concil. torn. 2. 1145. 1148.
have