. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. rubLlCLIBRi. ^NOX ANDTILDEN ^ • THE CRUSADES. 141 Thej had, however, still been allowed this liberty, onpaying a small tribute to the Saracen caliphs, whowere not much inclined to molest them. But, in1064, this city changed its masters. The Turks tookit from the Saracens; and being much more fierceand barbarous, the pilgrims now found they could nolonger perform their devotions with the same safety. An opinion was about this
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. rubLlCLIBRi. ^NOX ANDTILDEN ^ • THE CRUSADES. 141 Thej had, however, still been allowed this liberty, onpaying a small tribute to the Saracen caliphs, whowere not much inclined to molest them. But, in1064, this city changed its masters. The Turks tookit from the Saracens; and being much more fierceand barbarous, the pilgrims now found they could nolonger perform their devotions with the same safety. An opinion was about this time also prevalent inEurope, which made these pilgrimages much more fre-quent than formerly : it was imagined that the 1006years mentioned in Rev. xx. were fulfilled; thatChrist was soon to make his appearance in Palestineto judge the world; and consequently that journeysto that country were in the highest degree merito-rious, and even absolutely necessary. The multitudesof pilgrims who now flocked to Palestine, meetingwith a very rough reception from the Turks, filledall Europe with complaints against those infidels, whoprofaned the holy city, and derid
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