Times of that Religion by Popish Peers, were approved by Popish Commons, were put in execution by Popish Judges, and lastly were deem'd so good and holy by the Popish Clergie, that they solemnly desir'd God's Vengeance and Wrath to fall on the Infrin∣gers of them.
As for Dispensations to Lye, Kill, For∣swear, and the like, I do not only abhor them, and protest that I never heard from any Papist, that they are or were grantable; but I also declare, that I verily believe, That neither the Pope by himself, nor with a Council, can give me leave to commit such Sin or Sins, or any Act now forbidden by God, or the Law of Nature; and this I mean in the ordinary sence, as every Pro∣testant understands it in the reading. Nor do I believe, that either the Church Colle∣ctive, (and much less a single man) can re∣mit a Sin, à parte ante, that is to say, before it be committed; and when it is commit∣ted, that it cannot be forgiven even by God himself, without hearty sorrow in the Offender, and a resolution never to do the like again; so that I look upon all Dissem∣blers or Church-Papists, (as they are term'd) in a far worse condition than an Infidel.