Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe : with his Vision of the angelick world . after theState of Religion in the World ibut upon fonie £ions whichfell in my Way fince, I think itmay offer further Thoughts, veryimproving, as well as we view the World geographicallyjtake the Plan of the Globe, and meafure it byLine, and cut it out into Latitude and Longitude^Degrees, Leagues, and Miles ,• we may fee indeedthat a pretty large Spot of the whole, is at pre-fent und^r the Government of Chriftian Powersand Princes, or under the LvRuenc
Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe : with his Vision of the angelick world . after theState of Religion in the World ibut upon fonie £ions whichfell in my Way fince, I think itmay offer further Thoughts, veryimproving, as well as we view the World geographicallyjtake the Plan of the Globe, and meafure it byLine, and cut it out into Latitude and Longitude^Degrees, Leagues, and Miles ,• we may fee indeedthat a pretty large Spot of the whole, is at pre-fent und^r the Government of Chriftian Powersand Princes, or under the LvRuence of their Pov/erand Commerce, by Arms, Navies, Colonies, andPlantations; or their Fadories, MiffionarieSjReli-dences, &c. But I am loth to fay we fhoiiid take this for aFulfilling the Promife made to the Meffiah, thathis Kingdom fnould be exalted above all Nations^and the Gofpel be heard to the Bind of the EarthyI was going to fay, and yet without any Propbane--fiefsy that we hope God will not ^^/f m off SO«I muft acknowledge, I exped in the Fulfilling ofthefe Promifesi that the Time willcome^ when tht Know^. C HO J Knowledge of Godfiall cover the Earthy as the Waterscover the Sea, that the Church of God (hall be feeopen to the four Winds, that the Mountain of theLords Hotife fhall he exalted above the Tops of theMountains^ and all the ¥<ativns Jhall fiow into it^ Ifa*ii. 2. that is to fay, that the Chriftian Religion,or the Profeflion of the Dodrine of the Messiah,Ihali be made national over the whole Globe, ac-cording to thofe Words, Matth. xxiv. 14. MaYkxliu13, Luke xxiv. 17. But this may be a little tooapocalyptical, or vifionary for the Times -, andtisno Bufinefs of mine, to enter upon the Interpre-tation of Scripture Difficulties, whatever I mayunderfland, or believe my felf about them ; butrather to make my Obfervations, as I have be-gun, upon things which now are, and which wehave (een and know, let what is to come, be as hepleafes, who has ordered things paft,
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