ON THE

ORIGIN AND PURITY

OF THE

PRIMITIVE CHURCH

OF THE

British Isles,

AND

ITS INDEPENDENCE UPON

THE CHURCH OF ROME,

BY THE REV. WILLIAM HALES, D.D.
RECTOR OF KILLESANDRA, &c.

SERVETUR AD IMUM,

QUALIS AB INCEPTO PROCESSERIT.

"May it be preserved to the end,

As it set out from the beginning!"

London:

Printed by R. WILKS, 89, Chancery Lane;

AND SOLD BY F. C. & J. RIVINGTON, BOOKSELLERS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

1819.

110.i.
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FRANCIS MASERES, Esq.

CURSITOR BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER,

LEARNED HIMSELF,

AND A PATRON OF LITERATURE;

This Essay,

WRITTEN ON HIS RECOMMENDATION,

AND PUBLISHED AT HIS EXPENSE,

IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED,

BY HIS OBLIGED

AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

WILLIAM HALES.