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An Account of Austin the monk. 629
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roL. ii. 4 M
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A Sketch Of The State Of Christianity In...
_Enlliy or Bardsey-island 1 and that of Liangennydd in Gwyr . From the preceding account , a tolerable idea may be formed of the state of Christianity in Wales , for a good while after the time of Pelagius . The character of St . Germain also , it is
hoped , has been held out here m no improper light ; nor yet that religious revolution which he and his associates _effected in Britain . To what has been already said of St . David , it may be proper here to add , that he was the son of Sandde ab _Cedig , ab Ceredig _, who resided in that part of the country calledfrom him Ceredigion , now Cardiganshire , ( but whose former name was Tuno Cocky ) of which he was the prince or chieftain in the 5 th
century , The mother of St . David was Non , daughter of Gynyr of Caer Gawch in Pembrokeshire _^ who was lord of Myawy , now Cybydiog , or Dewsland in that country .. Both Gynyr and his daughter bore a very high religious character . David , as before noted , was educated under Flewyn and Gredivel , at the college of Ty-gwyn-ar-d _& v , the origin of Whitland Abbey . He afterwards became bishop of Caerleon-upon-Usk , Where
he continued till the death of his kinsman king Arthur , and of his grandfather Gynyr , when he removed and settled at Mynyw , called from him Ty-Ddews , and in English St . David ' s , which was then erected into an episcopal seat , of which he became the first bishop . He and his two contemporaries Teilo and Padarn , are in the Triads called the Three Holy Visitors , because they went about the country as _itinerants _, preaching the
gospel to all , without accepting any kmd of reward , but on the contrary expending their own patrimonies in administering to the necessities of the poor . If they did so their memories ought to be highly respected _^ and the wealthy men among the
itinerant preachers that still abound in that country would do well to follow their example , according to that saying of Christ , ( c It is more blessed to give than to receive . " St . David ' s treatment of his religious opponents is understood to have been _uji - forbearing and rigorous ; in other respects he appears to have been a good and eminent man who deserved well of his country . As to the miracles ascribed to him , thev were all probably the
inventions of later or monkish times ,, and monkish knavery . He is said to have lived to the very advanced and extraordinary age of 147 years . From the time of St . David till the arrival of _Avsjix _tkk Monk , about the close of the Oth century , the religion of the Welsh people is thought to have continued much the same .
That missionary had two interviews or conferences with _ths bishops or ecclesiastics of Wales , and as he could not prevail with them to accede to his proposals he is said to _have instigat-
An Account Of Austin The Monk. 629
An Account of Austin the monk . 629
Rol. Ii. 4 M
roL . ii _. 4 M
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1807, page 629, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121807/page/9/
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