The Crimes of the Clergy, Or, The Pillars of Priest-craft Shaken: With an Appendix Entitled the Scourge of Ireland : and an Account of the Enormous Rewards Received by the Clergy, to Induce Them to Do Their Duty to God and ManBenbow, 1823 - 341 pages |
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... Henry VIII . At that period a com- mission was appointed to investigate the abuses of the Church ; a return was made of the value of all monasteries and religious houses , of parochial livings , episcopal and cathedral dignitaries , and ...
... Henry VIII . At that period a com- mission was appointed to investigate the abuses of the Church ; a return was made of the value of all monasteries and religious houses , of parochial livings , episcopal and cathedral dignitaries , and ...
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... than Lord Byron describes , if such a fellow slips into heaven and deprives the fire of hell of such a de- serving faggot . THE REVEREND SIR HENRY BATE DUDLEY , BART . Dean 44 Percy Jocelyn , Lord Bishop of Clogher .
... than Lord Byron describes , if such a fellow slips into heaven and deprives the fire of hell of such a de- serving faggot . THE REVEREND SIR HENRY BATE DUDLEY , BART . Dean 44 Percy Jocelyn , Lord Bishop of Clogher .
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... HENRY BATE DUDLEY , BART . Dean of Ely . " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour . " 1 Sir Henry Bate Dudley owes his preferments in the church to political conduct and private favor ; he was for a long time hackney ...
... HENRY BATE DUDLEY , BART . Dean of Ely . " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour . " 1 Sir Henry Bate Dudley owes his preferments in the church to political conduct and private favor ; he was for a long time hackney ...
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... character are well known , and despised ; in the course of his labours at a love feast , near Hexham , in Northumberland , he se- The Reverend Robert Chandler , Bruiser . 47 duced a 46 The Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley , Baronct .
... character are well known , and despised ; in the course of his labours at a love feast , near Hexham , in Northumberland , he se- The Reverend Robert Chandler , Bruiser . 47 duced a 46 The Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley , Baronct .
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... Henry VIII . to payment in lieu of tithes at the rate of two and ninepence in the pound , on the rents of the houses , shops , warehouses , and other buildings in their respective parishes . That the said fire having destroyed or ...
... Henry VIII . to payment in lieu of tithes at the rate of two and ninepence in the pound , on the rents of the houses , shops , warehouses , and other buildings in their respective parishes . That the said fire having destroyed or ...
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Page 163 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 177 - His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Page 2 - Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.
Page 3 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 80 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 166 - Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him...
Page 46 - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Page 60 - Hark ! how the sacred calm, that breathes around, Bids every fierce tumultuous passion cease ; In still small accents whispering from the ground, A grateful earnest of eternal peace.
Page 19 - Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh.) For as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity ; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness For when ye were the servants of sin.
Page 114 - ... tis an easy matter to pick up sticks enough from any thicket where it has strayed, to make a fire to offer it up with.