Excerpt from The History of the Propagation of Christianity, and the Overthrow of Paganism, Vol. 1 of 2: Wherein the Christian Religion Is Confirmed; The Rise and Progress of Heathenish Idolatry Is Considered Book, and the Method I have made ufe Of in writing it. My Te/igiz is to excite us to thankful-s -nefs to our gracious god, ' Degreesfor being delivered from that miferable Warhead} and Idahztrj', under which we were funk, before the Light Of on)? He!) Religion {hone among us 5 to fet before us the wonderful Steps of 'difvine iorevideme in propaga ting christianity over the blinded World down. To the prefent Time 5 to move our Bowels of Pity for that flavery and thraldom to which the Heel-sf them, who make up fo' great a part Of the world, are yet chained by the Enemy Of Mankind; and to make Chri/tidm with fervour and zeal contri bute their utmolt endeavous, that the Salvation pur chafed by christ may be known to the Ends of the Earth. 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.