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    rali-tyu confirming the good * recl a iming the sinful , soothing the sorrowful , earnestly diffusing ail the blessings of fervent charity , and enforcing all the precepts of social affection * Their labours are incessant , and their very existence is a state of continual

    selfdenial . No sentiment but that of religion , no support but the inward impulse of divine love , could sustain their marvellous and al * most super . human exertions in fulfilling their sacred duties * Gene . rous , bold and indefatigable , not to

    be deterred by distance ; inclemency pf ^ veather ^ unseasoraable hours , dr 5 ead of contagion , or any other temporal obstacle ^ the Catholic priest flies to , the bed of sickness at a moment ' s call , imparts the balm

    of hope to the dying penitent , alleviates his anguish with the sweetest and most benevolent assiduity , and pioubly assists in the precious office of rendering his last moments acceptable in , tfce eyes of his Creator . These i are , amongst the many sfcrvices oi ^ * hfc XJ ^ t boli& clergy , arid their clai m * tt |> pii the respect of their $ o # kv ¦ ¦ < Yet such are the men against whom the je&hnisy of the ,

    legislature is in full vigour , and who-are only noticed by the jaws , for the pu rposes of reprehension and of penalty . * l Mim y *> ¦ . '> ; .... * 4

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    between apy twapersons ; knowiiigr that they are , or either of them , is , of the Protestant religion ^ he shall suffer the punishment of a Popish regular ; ( tfeat i « ^ to be . transported ^ and to . remain it * gaol until transported , and punished as if for high treason , if he returns to Ireland . 9 Will . * . c » 1 . )

    The next statute , enacted- in * 171 O , adopts a singular rule of evidence , not very conformable to the dictates of ordinary justice * It directs , that * 'Upon # wry prosecutioa of a Popish priest for

    the above-mentioned offence , tt shall be presumed , allowed and concluded ^ to alt intents and pur ^ posesj that , the priest , so accused * did celebrate such marriage ^ fowwing that one or bot h of the parties was or were of the Protestant re *

    ligion * 4 < Unless he shall produce a certificate under the hand and seal of the minister of the parish \ v hero the parties refcid < 3 d , certifying d ? iat * uch spGrson uas nof a Prottstufit tot t ^ e time o § the marriage . " - . - i .. . i .. . .. " - : " j-i ^ u

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/12/