Excerpt from The Irenicum, or Pacificator: Being a Reconciler as to Church Differences It is not so'long since that version of the vulgar Latin, Psalm lxviii. 13, inter domz'm' cleros, (as to the ministers Of the might have been sadly rendered, to lie among the pots; and Pierius Val'erianus might havef met with too' many examples to have increased his'book O'e Z'z'teratorum Infilicz'tate, (on the Infelicity of Literary and in the next age it might have been true again what Matthew Paris observes of the clergy in the Conqueror's time, adeo litera turd 'carebant, ut caeterz's stupon' esset gm' grammmz'cam (they were so destitute Of learning, that he who had learned grammar, was a matter Of astonishment to the rest) But, blessed be God, who hath freed us from that deemom'um meridianum, that demon's meridian of ig norance and barbarism: may We but be as happily delivered from the plague of our divisions and animosities! Than which there hath been no greater scandal'to'the Jews, nor opprobrium of our religion among Heathens and Mahomm'e dans, nor a more common Objection among Papists, nor any thing which hath more made a pretence even for Atheism and Infidelity. 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.