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      ho \ y Trinity , denied * our Lord and Saviour J »^ us Chn > t , blas ~ phi-med ao ^ jnst his holy naaii % renounced hi ^ baptism r . o embrace Judaism and circumcision , and perjured himsv'J fl' Which are great and horrid crimes , &c . The

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      1 ? en < a l Laws whidi aggrieve the Catholics of Ireland * [ The first Part of a Work on this subject , lately published in Dublin , has % > een put into our hands by a friend . It is a work of authority , as appears from * he following Resolution of the last Catholic -Aggregate Meeting , the Earl of JFingal in the Chair .

      *•* Resolved , —That the most cordial ^ rat Uude ot the Catholics of Irelan d is < luc to the Auti or of the ' Statement of -the Penal Laws / lately publ . shed—a -work in which we recognize all the accuracy -of great legal kno led ^ e , com-4 bined with the classic elegance of ihe scholar and the profound observation of zthe philosopher "

      We think it may serve the cause of ireiigious -freedom , if we give some acxrount of the Irish Anti-Ca holic code , MXid this we shall do in extracts , forming a summary of the " Statement . " The

      • whole title of the volume is as follows x y Siatement of the Penal Laws which aggrieve the Catholics of Ireland ; with Commentaries . In Two Parts * Part I Dublin . . 4 j . Fitzpatnck . 1 S 12 . pp . 166 . Editor . !

      CATHOLtCfi . TJirs appellation is usedthrough-- « QUt the following IStalement , for ^ tWsttke of brevity , not of controversy . The iegislature has cu . ,-rio ^ sly varied m this particular . ^ F rosn ihe time of the introduction

      of > fhe Protestant creed into Ireland ClTernp * Elisabeth ) tb tbat of -Willtem 3 d , 4 *> appeMation u » ed tin 4 he statutes appears to have be ^ u persons in Communion with the 'Church jof Rome / ' Jn 1 ' *

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      the commencement of the reign of William 3 , viz . 1692 , the Catholics were expelled from the Irish parliament . A hostile phraseology then appeared . " Papists , Popish People , " &c are to be found in all statutes affecting the Catholics , from the 7 Will . 3 . to the

      321 Geo . 3 . inclusive , and even later . The 33 Geo . 3 . at length , styles them ' Papists , or persons professing the Popish or Roman Catholic religion . " However , the latest statute

      relating to the Catholics , 43 Geo . 3 > ch . 30 , drops the harsher names , and , by its title , denominates them <( t Roman Catholics . " This may , therefore , be taken to be their / egal description at this day . The

      reproachful epithets of " Papist , " " Romanist / ' " Romish / ' " To . pish / ' &c . are no longer applied to them b y any gentlemau . or scholar .

      INTRODUCTION . Whoever would rightly understand the actual state of Ireland , ought principally to inform himself xA the peculikr Condition of its Catholic Inhabitants . Jn every point of ^ viev ^ they form ; a . most iniportalbt siibj ^ i C ^ , of inquiry sind of Serious reflection . Strength ^ industry , ehefjfy , ^ n < J all " the charactejrfotifr ' ylrtiitt ; 7 wlitth , bestow v ^ lue upon a j > erf > ple f axe

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      « A 1 ^ Pe nLaws which aggrieve Cathohcs Ireland .

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      above-mentioned letter ' of M « F < rr \ had such an effect upon the ministers ol Geneva , that they went in a body to the cotincil and in treated the magistrates to put uff uis execution for some time ; but it was to no purpose .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/10/