A general ecclesiastical history from the nativity of our blessed saviour to the first establishment of Christianity by human laws, : under the Emperor Constantine the Great, containing the space of about 313 years ..To which is added, a large chronological table of all the Roman and ecclesiastical affairs, included in the same period of time . THE INTRODUCTION. Containing a Jbort T^efcription of the Holy-Land, with a particular Account of theJews, their Government and Legal ConJIi-tutions, their various Revolutions^ Mix-tures andcDiviJions; Obfervations upon thegradual and regular Manifeftati
A general ecclesiastical history from the nativity of our blessed saviour to the first establishment of Christianity by human laws, : under the Emperor Constantine the Great, containing the space of about 313 years ..To which is added, a large chronological table of all the Roman and ecclesiastical affairs, included in the same period of time . THE INTRODUCTION. Containing a Jbort T^efcription of the Holy-Land, with a particular Account of theJews, their Government and Legal ConJIi-tutions, their various Revolutions^ Mix-tures andcDiviJions; Obfervations upon thegradual and regular Manifeftation of theMeffiah; withfomeHijiorical Matters pre-ceding the Nativity of our SAVIOVR. Y Defign, in this following Attempt, isto give a plain and intelligible Accountof the chief Ecclefiaftical Affairs in theThree flrft Ages of theChriftian Church,and in part of the Fourth; to trace Chri-ftianity from its Birth and Infancy, thro*all its terrible Confli6ts,to its full Growthand Vigour; to fhew it in its Purity and Perfection, fome-times languiflaing and expiring, then reviving and prevailingin all Nations, till it became triumphant over the PaganWorld, conquerd all the Powers of Hell and Earth, andcommanded the additional Support of Human Conftitutions,But in this great Variety of Affairs, many Things have beendcfe&ively and confufedly
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