A History Of The Irish Presbyterians Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Vol. 1: Comprising the Civil History of the Province of Ulster, From the Accession of James the First The present work originated in a desire to rescue the history of our Church from this obscurity, in which it has so long and so unaccountably lain. To accomplish this object has been a work of more difficulty than I at first anticipated, owing as much to the loss of the earlier records of the Church, as to the want of an accurate history of the kingdom, and especially of the pro vince of Ulster. These defects I have endeavoured to supply by diligent and extended inquiries in the prosecution of which neither labour nor expense has been spared, while every acces sible source of information has been carefully explored in search of materials - with what success it becomes not me to say. If the reader, however, wishes to form an estimate of it, let him consider how much he knows of the history of Ulster, and the early state of the Presbyterian Church, before he enters on the following pages and, having perused them, let him examine how much has been added to his knowledge of these subjects-the difference, if any, may be assumed as a fair criterion of the suc cess with which the investigation has been conducted. 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.