The History Of The Antient Abbeys Monasteries Hospitals Cathedral And Collegiate Churches Being Two Additional Volumes To Sir William Dugdale S Monasticon Anglicanum

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Excerpt from The History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, Vol. 1: Being Two Additional Volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum Thus many of our modern zealous Advocates for [r rel%ion have reprejented all the Piety of former Age: as tithufiafm, and the Seminaries of'learning and Devotion as no better than publicl Brothels. Such are the Notions of Deifis and Atheifis, who value than felves upon reviling all the facred Myfierics of Chri jlianity, and call all that looxis lile btety, superfiition; among whom are fame who male an outward Profefo [on of Reli, ion, to no other End than to be the better qua ify'd to 7ubvert all that belongs to it. But [fear I have taben too great a Loofe injpeabing of a worthle s Race, whofe Names ought rather to be bur d in Ob i vion, could their fcandalous Tongues be fi ene'd, and their filthy Labours entirely cancell'd and obliterated, a Blefling to be wi/h'd, tho' never to be hop'd on Earth, where human Nature is fo much deprav'd, that it is never to be expelled to fee all Men tread in the Paths off/irtuc and jet/lice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.