A Primer of the History of the Holy Catholic Church in Ireland: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Formation of the Modern Irish Branch of the Church of Rome, Volume 1

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J. M'Glashan, 1851 - Ireland - 1537 pages

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Page 969 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 1072 - Winchester, in possession of ten thousand pounds a year; and cannot conceive why it is in worse hands than estates to the like amount in the hands of this earl, or that squire; although it may be true, that so many dogs and horses are not kept by the former, and fed with the victuals which ought to nourish the children of the people.
Page 1407 - Ireland," and that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said united church shall be, and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the church of England; and that the continuance and preservation of the said united church, as the established church of England and Ireland...
Page 1072 - ... nobility which they intend always to be, and which often is, the fruit, not the reward (for what can be the reward ?) of learning, piety, and virtue.
Page 1016 - Brytish language about two hundreth yeares past. Translated into English by H. Lhoyd, Gentleman. Corrected, augmented and continued out of records and best approved authors by David Powel, Doctor in Divinitie.
Page 1293 - Captain Trevor, and many honest gentlemen lying in the Newry, can witness that some old women of those parts used to make a fire in the fields, and divers little children driving out the cattle in the cold mornings, and coming thither to warm them, were by them surprised, killed, and eaten...
Page 1203 - And they will accept and hold his said majesty, and the kings his successors, as the supreme head on earth, immediately under Christ, of the church of England and Ireland...
Page 1381 - Ah, how different is God's verdict from man's. After such sins as thine, man's sentence would have been, "/-will in nowise receive." But " it is better to fall into the hands of God, than into the hands of man ; " for he says, " I will in nowise cast out." " RKlfBUUIfB THIS WORD UNTO THT SERVANT, UFON WHICH TliOr U1ST CAUSED ME TO HOVE." WTH DAT. "He is Faithful that Promised.
Page 1190 - They further burned and broke the famous images, shrines, and relics of Ireland and England. After that they burned in like manner the celebrated image of Mary, which was at...
Page 1306 - I do further swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest and abjure, as impious and heretical, this damnable doctrine and position, that princes which be excommunicated or deprived by the Pope may be deposed or murdered by their subjects or any other whatsoever...

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