object of the confederacy was accomplished; and the Protestants were at liberty to disband and enjoy the fruits of their success each in his own way, subject to an accountability to God alone. Thus we have shown, that Protestantism is essentially nothing more than a denial of the pope’s supremacy and authority in matters of religion. Protestantism is liberty—the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. Popery is a yoke of bondage—spiritual despotism. Having stated the principle of Protestantism,