A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux

condemned the same Heresy, and plainly overthrow the whole foundation of your Papal ⟨p. 78⟩plea, Act. 15. Can. 18. as the Canons of that Council are collected by Balsamon and Zonaras; though some of them, with intolerable partiality, would separate this and some others, from the Body of the Canons of that Council, giving them a place by themselves. The Decree contains the Reasons of the Council's assigning privileges next unto, and equal with, the Roman, unto the Constantinopolitan Church; [Greek or Hebrew], say they, [Greek or Hebrew]. The Fathers (our Predecessors) granted privileges to the See of ancient Rome, because that was the Imperial City. Do you see from whence proceeded all the privileges of the Roman throne? merely from the grants and concessions of former Bishops; and I wish they had been liberal only of what was their own. And what was the reason of their so doing? Because the City was Imperial; in which one sentence, both their Supremacy and the grounds of it are discarded and virtually condemned; for their pretensions are utterly inconsistent with this Synodical determination. They proceed: for the same reason, [Greek or Hebrew]. They (the hundred and fifty Bishops) assigned the same or equal Privileges unto the holy See of new Rome, rightly determining that the City which is honoured with the Empire and Senate, should enjoy equal Privileges in things Ecclesiastical with the ancient Queen-Rome, or Rome regent of old, Is not your present Supremacy here sufficiently condemned, and that by as famous a Council as ever the Christian world enjoyed? And it will not avail you, that you ⟨p. 79⟩fell into this Heresy fully afterwards, and not before the determination of this Council; for he that falls into an Heresy after the determination of a Council, is no less condemned therein, than he that fell into it before, and gave occasion to the Sentence; yea his guilt is the greater of the two, because he despised the Sentence which he knew, which the other it may be neither did, nor could foresee. I gave you an Instance before, how it was condemned and written against by the British Church here in this Island, and many more Instances of the same nature might be added.

condemned the same Heresie, and plainly overthrow the whole foundation of your Papall ⟨p. 78⟩