Excerpt from A Sermon Preach'd to the Protestants of Ireland, Now Residing in London, at Their Anniversary Meeting on October XXIII. 1708: In Commemoration of Their Deliverance From the Barbarous Massacre Committed by the Irish Papists in the Year 1641, in the Parish Church of St. James's, Westminster That iii Fa& it has done (0; we may be afiur'd by looking back almoft to the begiuningnf theworld, and thence. Tracing'it down even to one own Times. The firl't-fall'e/nodons of Religion were entertain'd by Cain; what they were particularly, we cannot tell;-but they tendet'd, his Sacrifice unacceptable to God and he to: anew. His $3211 and Refent ment, ' r'nufi embrue his Hands in the Blood of his Brother This {was the firft Blood that was ever'lhed, and tie obfizmablep that we read of no Difi'erenee, no Animofity between the Brothers; t'rll they went to off}: Sacrifice; which Coin, having ofi'er'd with a Heart arid Faith not approv'd by God, he mufi revenge it on Abel, becaufe his Faith and his Religion were [0 much better. 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.