Excerpt from The History of the Propagation of Christianity, and the Over-Throw of Paganism, Vol. 2: Wherein the Christian Religion Is Confirmed; The Rise and Progress of Heathenish Idolatry Is Considered What lhave formerly advanced, in confirming the truth of the Chrif'tian Religion, in difcovering the ih fufliciency of the light of nature in order to falva tion, and in difplaying the Rate of idolatry over the hea then world, before the coming of Chrift and 'of the propagating of, chriftianity, and ruin of Paganifm in the four firit centuries; may fhorten my work in this chapter. But that I may fet before my reader the wickednefs Of Paganifm, and. Give a little View OF the arguments by which Chrii'tians defended themfelves, and wounded the caule of the Gentiles, to fuch as are not well acquainted with the writings of the ancients and to contribute my mite, 'that libertines, in this de generate age, may not return us to ia {late OF infidelity, from which we are, in the mercy of God, happily de liver'd let it be confidered. 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.