Excerpt from History of the Christian Church, Vol. 1 The chosen members of the new communion were thus formed into one body, essentially distinguished from the world. A Sign was written upon them which could, not be counterfeited. A circle was described around them which could not be broken. They were before objects of wonder for the miraculous powers they were seen to exercise but now they were still more so, for they had been made the subjects of one great and particularising dispensation. They could not be con founded with the rest of men; they could not be lost sight of by the flowing in of the multitude. There they stood, bowing under the same mighty awe sha dowed by the same encircling glory. 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.