Chapter 17 Rise and Progress of the Protestant Religion in Ireland Account of the Barbarous Massacre of 1641 The gloom of popery had overshadowed Ireland from its first establishment there until the reign of Henry VIII when the rays of the Gospel began to dispel the darkness, and afford that light which until then had […]

Chapter 16 Persecutions in England During the Reign of Queen Mary The premature death of that celebrated young monarch, Edward VI, occasioned the most extraordinary and wonderful occurrences, which had ever existed from the times of our blessed Lord and Savior’s incarnation in human shape. This melancholy event became speedily a subject of general regret. […]