not only by Luci<in, in his little Book, concerning Love; butby Gregory N'asda^izen, Orat TH'. again ft 'Julian \ and by jE,lia$ Cretenjit, and Nontju^ upon ]b^. And alio by Curtly \n \i,\\ Vlth Book againft Ju 'ian; ' 'and by fhecdrrer, very largely, in his XHItri Book to the Greeks. I cannot on^ita Place of Phi/o^Sy who had a great Opinion of P/^to, out of his Book concerning a contempla- tive Life. ^* P/at6'sFeii\ is ** fpent alittoft whoHy upon '* Love, TioViyrily of Men cJa- *• ger after Women, and Wo- •* men eager afcCT'^fvlen; for * " *'Tuch 'Dtfires '-may "Idc* fatif- •* Ee'ti by the Law of Katurej ^'*^ but. of Men, aftW Men. ** differing fr6m therpfelves «• only in Age; and if any .' «* i:hmg be fpecioufly faid con- ■•* <erning Love and heavenly ** Venus, thofe Names areufed ** only for a Cover.** 2Vri»/- ferring the Chriltian. Wirdom to that of5<3^rtf/f/, adds, *' Not ** bringing in new Daemons, " b>ut driving out the old: ** not corrupting Youth, but ** iniiru6ling- them: in all the '* Goodneft of Modefty.'* si) Recoommetiding tb'! Inter* eourfe luith ff^omen^ &£ ] See P/at9t as in other Places, fo more p irticularly in his IVth Rcpublick.
(d f'f'h'n e'ven Brute Crea- /wr/r/,*&c] See Pliny, Book X- Chap '53. ** The Aftions ** of Doves ai'e mightily taken "hoticeofby thefe, upon the ** fame Account; their Culloms ^* are the farne. but the higheft "** degree of Modclly belongs ** fpecially to them j Aduhe- ** ries are not knoivn to cither " of them, they do not violate *' the Fidelity of -Wedlock.** Concerning the conjugal Cha- ftfty of Ring-I^oves, fee Por- pfjyry, in his 1 1 Id Book againft eating living Creatures.
Childrfa is- deftroyedi The Uehrew Law. indeed' forbad all Uncleannefs, {a) but a Man was allowed to have more Wives than one, at a time, and the Hufb.and had a Power {h) to put away his Wife for any Caufe whatfoever; which is the Cuftom at this Day among the MahomUns: And fqrmerly the Greeks and Lati?ts took fo great a Liberty, that (c) the Laconians ^nd Catc^ permitted others to have their Wives for a time, ^ut the Law of Chrift, which is moft perfe6b, ftrikes at the very Root of Vice, and (d) accounts him guilty before God, (who can fee into, and judge the Hearts of Men,) that lulls after, though he has not committed, the Crime; or that attempts the Chaftity of any Wo- man, or looks upon her with fuch Defires. And becaufe all true Friend/hip is lading, and not to be broke; it would, with very good Reafon, have That to be fo [e) which contains the Union of their .Bodies, as well as tht Agreement of th^ir Minds_.; aiid which, without doubt, is more convenient for a right Education of their Children. Among the li^athe'ii.i" fpme few Nations were content with^ one 5Wifej:/.as.tI>e G^r.mam and Romans -y z^A in xix}^ othey 2itQ^(f) followed by ^cheChnltiians-: iNaroely, [i] To put awaj lHjMii/c,:-.,^f?^giLini\Oc(anttJ^^,., I20 Of the Truth of Book II.
that the Wife, having refigned herfelf entirely to her Hufband, may be {a) recompenfed with a like 'Return •, {b) that the Government of the Family may be better managed by one Governor, and that different Mothers might not bring a Diftur^ bance in amongft the Children. '^^ Sect. XiV. Jmfm^Ufe of tettf^^l'^Good^.
To come now to the Ufe of thofe things which are commonly called Goods ^ wp find Theft allowed by fome heathen Nations,, (<•) as the Egyp- tianSy (d) and Spartans -, and they who did not al- low It in private Perfons, did fcarce any thing elfe in thepublick; as the Romans, of whom the Roman Orator faid, (^) if every one fhould have his Due reftored to him, they muft go back again to their Cottages. Indeed, there was no fuch thing amongft j^h&,H^brj6WS jrtait::t|^y.were permitted (f) to take 'i V -i' v; 'lo-.r^^D;., ^ Uiury (a) ■ Kecomptirfslmnth a likf~'^^ none of thefnTor an inhmate Returrti &c.] Saltufi well €X- *• Companion; but they are all preffes it in his Jugurthine ** equally efleemed of no Va- War. ** Amongft thofe that *' lue." Ammianus concerning *' have many ^^'ivcs, there is the Petfians, Book XXIII. By *' but little Affeftion, becaufe- weans a/ ^various Lujh, divided *' the Mind is diftrafted with Love gro-ivs faint. And Ciaw ** a Multitude, fo as to have dian^ in his Gildonick War.
'They have a ihoufand Marriagest For they regard no Tie>^ no f acred Pledge^ Euripidesj in his Andromacha, &c.] La^antiusia his Epirome, rightly apprehends and expref- Chap, i, cites the Words of fcs them both. ■ ^W/y to this Porpofe, out of (r)Ajthe\i^vpthn'i,^.^See his Iljd Republick. Diodorus Sicu/us's Hift. Book I. (/) To take Ufury of Strait- (d) And Spartan.s, dfTr.] bte ^en^ &C._J Diut. XXiI{. 1 9, Fluiarch in his Lyurgus.
Se6t. 14. the Chrijitan Religion, 121 Ufury of Strangers, that the Law might in fome Meafure be fitttd to their Difpofition; and there- fore, amongll other things, (a) it promift d Riches to them that obeyed it. But the Chriftian Law not only forbids (i?) all kind of Injuftice, towards any Perfons; but alfo forbids us (r) fetting our Af- fedions upon perifhing things; becaufe our Mind is of fuch a Nature, that it cannot dihgently atterKl to the Care of two things, each of which re- quires the whole Man, arid which oftentimes draw him contrary ways: And befides, (d) Sollicitoufneft in procuring and preferring Riches, is attended with a certain Slavery and Uneafinefs, which fpoils that very Pleafure which is expected from Riches 5 (e) but Nature is fatisfied with a very few things, and thofe fuch, as can eafily be procured, without any great Labour or Charge. And, ifGod has granted us fomething beyond this, we are not commanded to call it into the Sea, (f) as fome Philofophers imprudently did; nor to kt it lie ufelefs by us, nor yet to lavifh it away: But out of it, to fupply the Wants of other M^n, {g) ei- ther by giving {b) or lending to thofe that afk it; (i) as becomes thofe who believe themfelves, hot to be Proprietors of thefe things, but only Stewards and Deputies of the Moft High God their Parent; {a) It proniifeJ Riches, &c.] [e) But Nature is faiujied, ( b) All kind of Jftjuflice, &c; } Bcc. ] Lairtius and Suidas aff rm liatt. VII. 12. £phef V. 3. this of Arijlippus, and Phihfor a Kindnefs well bcfk)wed, (a) is a Treafure full .of good Hope, againft which neither the Wicked- nefs of Thieves, nor Variety of Accidents, can prevail" any thing. Art admirable Example of which fineere and lindiflembled Charity, the fTrft Chrillians afford us; when things were fent from fo great a Diftance as (if) Macedonia zn& Achma^ m order to fupply the want of thofe in PaUftine; as if the whole World had been but one Family. And here this Cautit^ is added alfo, in the Law of Chrift; {c) that no Hope of Recoitipence or Ho- Tiour, ought to diminish from our Liberality; be- caufe, if we have regard to any thing elfe but vGod, {d) it takes away his Acceptance. And, left any one Ihould pretend, as is comnwnly done, to cloak his Sparingnefs, as if he were afraid he ihould want what he has, when he comes to be ai^* old Man, or if any Misfortune Ihould befal him; jthe Law promifes, {e) that a particular Care fhall be taken of thofe who keep thefe Precepts: And, ,that they may the more rely upon it, remindis them 'of (f) the remarkable Providence of God, in pro- viding for wild Beafts and Cattle, in adorrring IHlerbs and Flowers; and that it would be an un- worthy thing in us, not to believe fo good, fo powerful a God!, nor 'to trufl him any further than we would do a bad.Debtor, of whorn.we never , Jhink.Durftives.iecu|:^ without a Pledge* -.:;., Seift. '15> 1 6. the Chrijlian Religion. 12^ r Si cf. KV. Cmcerning Oaths.
Other L<iws forbid Perjury; (a) but This woul4 have us entirely to abftain from Oaths, except upon NeeefTity ♦, and to have fo great Regard to Truth, in our common Converfttion, (^J that there fhould be no need of requirmg aa Oath of us.
And indeed, there is nothing excellent to be found in the Philofophick Writings of the Greeks^ ©r in the Opinions of the Hebrews^ or of any other Nation, which is not contained here, and moreover jatified by divine Authority. For inftance; con- *^erning {c) Modefty, (i).Teraperance, {e) Goo^- nefs, (f) Moral Virtue, {g) Prudence, {h) the Duty of Governors and Subjeds, f /) Parents and Chil- dren, (/^) Mailers and Servants, jf ^j. Hufbands anfl Wives; and particularly, abiiaining from thofe Vices, which under a Shew oi Virtue, deeeivjed ^anypf the- G^^^^5 and Romany viz. (m) the D^- {a) But THt ivouJJ ha<ve uf, (h) Tbt Duty of GofuernorSp (^) That ihire Jhould he fto ~ {i) Parents knd Children ^ tioned Place of il/^/M. VI 1,2,3,4.
124 Of the Truth of Book IL fire of Honour and Glory. The Sum of it, is wonderful for its fubftantial Brevity; {a) that we ihould love God above all things, and our Neigh- bour as ourfelves, that is, {b) we Ihould do to otherf, as we would have them do to us. Per- haps fome may obje^ againft what we have nov; iaid, of the Excellency ot Chrift's Commands -, the great Difference of Opinions amongft Chriftians, irom whence have arifen fo many various Sedls.
Sect. XVII. An Anfwer to the Ohje^ion^ drawn from the many Controvcrfies amongft ChriJlKans.-' B u T the A nfwer to this is evident: There are fcarce any Arts, but the fame thing happens to them^ partly through the Weaknefs of human Nature, and partly becaufe Men's Judgment is hindered by Prejudices: But for the moft part, this Variety of Opinions, is limited within certain Bounds, in ^vhich Men are agreed •, and whereby they de- termine Doubts: As in the Mathematicks, it is a Difpute whether the Circle can be fquared or no; but whether, if you take Equals from Equals, the Remainder will be equal; this admits of no Dif- pute: And thus it is in Natural Philofophy, Phy- fick, and other Arts. So the Difference of Opi- nions that is amongft Chriflians, cannot hinder their Agreement in the principal things, that is, (r) thofe , -n^'J 3ii3 bii.t ^w nb'i^iiw ^nJij I ^^^^^ Coili- ,^j£ 3£.fil an Ji^ihH ^^fi-3c IIb abt.i^':^^ aoh^I' ll. 16. Phiil II. 3. 1 fhejr.ll. by the Emperor Alexander \ by I Pet. J. ^4. V. ij. fee Dion, and he that wrote the •; (<2) That ^e foould lo've God, Life of this Emperor in Latin, itc.] Matt. IX. iS. %X\l. {c)Tho/e Commands, kQ]\f^t 37, 39. Luke X. 27. Rom. may add alfo, in thofeOpinions XIII. 9, 10, 1 li 'Ga/i Vr'l/4v that are neceflary and upon James II. 8>..» v/^-i'** 3-^*^' which the Obfervation of CoTn- {h) Wt Jbould do to kJhirs^ " mands depends; fuch as are &C.J. Matt.Vll. iz» Luke meritione J in the moft ancient Creeds Sed. 17, 18. the Chrljltan Religion. 11^ Commands, by which we have nov/ recommended the Chriflian Religion: And the Certainty of thefe appears from hence, that thofe who being highly enraged againft one another, have fought for Matter of Difagreement, never ventured to go ib-far as to deny, that thefe were the Precepts of Chrifl; no, not even they, who would not diredl their Lives according to this Rule. And if any fliould attempt to contradidt thefe, he ought to be looked upon to be like thofe Philofophers who denied that Snow was white. For as Thefe were confuted by their Senfes, fb are They by the Con- fent of all Chriftian Nations, and by thofe Books which were wrote by the firft Chriftians; and thofe after them, who were followed by Learned Men; and fuch who bore Teflimony to the Faith of Chrift by their Death. For that which all thefe acknowledge to be the Dodlrine of Chrift, ought to be accounted fo, by all fair and equal Judges; for the fame Reafon that we believe Plato^ XenophoUy and other Difciples of Socrates^ concerning the Opinions of Socrates \ and the Schools of the Stoicks, for what Zeno delivered. ^^3rl:?flw 3ud Sect. WJ'SMf^U-EicceUency of the Chrifiian Reli- gion^ farther fmved from, the Excellency^ of its Teacher i^- 3on^^::i ^,i:i£innii J ii^uv-^u;.: ct,.•.*; v.:-..-. -f mil e^;*a:fi? u^ibniiq sna tii in^rn^ai^Q/i. Tk E third Thing wherein we faid the Chri- fiian Religion exceeds all other Religions that arc, or, can be imagined, in the.Manner in which it was dfeiivered and popagated: In the Confideration of wiiicb Particular,,. the iiril Thing that ©tiers itfelf, Creeds^, w iU(?'fr;. are extanf: m r^ore' Tuliyfhown in that little htu^us and- 'Tertulliany and Fiece annexed hereto, concernwhat weiiovv aiU the Apopes ing the Choice of our Opi- Creid^ as I.have ibmcwhat uion, ^c. $e£i. IV. he Cltfc, ja$r Of the ^ruth of Book IL 1% the Author of this Do(ftrine, The Authors of the Grecian Wifdom and Knowledge, themfclves confeiXed, that they alleged fcaree any Thing for Certainty, bccaufe Truth was funk, as it were, (a) ID the Bottom of a Weil; {h) and the Mind, as dim-fighced in regard to Divine Things, as the Eyes of an Owl in the SuLi-Ihine. Bcfide, there was hardly any of them, bui: was addi6ted to {c) fome particular Vice: Some were (d^ Flatterers of Prin-; ces, others devoted to (^) the Embraces of Harlots, Others to (/) fnarling Impudence; and one great Argument of the Envy and Hatred they all had againft one another, is, their [g) quarrelling about Words, &C.3 It was a Saying of De- in his Words and Sayings. mocritusy That Truth laid at thg [d] Flatterers of Princes^ Bottom of a WdU as we find in icj?lato and Arijlippus. *Iully% Academical Queftioris, [e] The Embraces of Harlots, and in other Writers. &c.] Zeno^ the chief of the ij>\ And. the Mind as dim- Stoicks, was addidied to the 'ted, &C.1 See Jrifotlii Lov€ of Men i and Plata, Jri-, taphyiiclcs. Book II. ch. 1. Jlotle, Epicurus ^ Jrijiippusj-and, •* A$^ the. Eyes of a Batt are almoft all of them, tothe Love *' HdzI^S at the" Light in the of Women; witnefs^//^-f;/^;:/j'5 '* Bky-tii^i'^^; ib'is the Under- Books, III and XIII. Lairiiu.
**^ftantjing %' oiir Soulj con- Vixid LaSiantins Theo^nism^n- *' fipiiKiieS' ' at the plaineft tions it Qr,iiiXk{yL,iii.manK •"Hiingsm the World.**.. Places^..,k^,:„„„o^ s;. ^i ->;.= '{c\ Some particujar Vice, Siz,"^ (f) To fnarUng Impudence y 5'<?f/-/a:///, is moll commended, by S:c.] Whence ^^y weic called the ConfeCit of all; yet Cyril Cjnicks.
in his Vlth Book againil yai-. [g) ^flrellingahut*f.'ordj,.
lia»y f^ts befdre us, in tjtie Src.J This is well ob{crve,4.bjr,- 'AiivOys decei-ved ivith Words andferce C^tefts y ^ t WAtw Words, or Things of rio Moment; and as good an Argunient of their Coldncfs and Indiffcrency ia- the Worihip of God, is; that they who believed' that there was really but one God, did yet lay hinr afide, and paid DivineWorfbip to others, whom they believed to be no Gods •, {a) making that only the Rule of their Religion, which was publickly receive ed. And, as for the Reward of Piety, they could af- firm nothing for certain; as appears from {h) the laft Difpute of Socrates^ a little before his Death. Ma- hornet y the Author of that Religion, which has fpread itfelf fo far, {c) abandoned himfelf to Lufl:; :...'; ^iiiiiiiiuuy.^^,.:ji:^ all" *TiIl nvandring to and fro t at lajl ^he fix ^erfelf,iTk^fiumanBr/^ And agfjiHi^ - ^-nr ^'.;- ■/•- in ci Viljo has itifiamed them nvith fuch deadly Strtftt^C^l^\'^ ^. TU ^infy Multitude^ ijcho tihyice hate^. frc^i-kvtim' the P.lague of Tattle has its kife.
Vou will ^hd 'tliefe Verfes in Clemens; "Strom. V. in Eufebius: at the end of 'his Preparation, and m Thcadof'it*% lidi ^£^^ {a)Makingtheitthe Rule/cc^l Xtnophor. in hisVIth Metnorab. recites the Orader, by which the Gods are commanded to. be worfliipped atcbrding to the Laws of evety City, Here we may cepeat, the Words of Se- r.eca, before quoted out of ^«- gufine; after which Augufiine adds thefe: He n.vor/htpped that Kvhick he blamed; he did that ^jL-hich he condemned^ and that nvhich he found Fault tvith, he paid /Adoration to. According to what Plato fays, in his Ti- maus^ and other Places; and Psrphjry^ in that Place of Eufi^' 6ius*sPreparat. Book IV. ch.8. that it is dangerous to fpeak the Truth, in Divine Matters, before the Vulgar. The Fear of which Danger, both in the Greek and Latin, and Barbari' ^?«Phiiofophers, prevailed over the fincere Profeflion of the Truth; which Thin^ alone, is fufficient to hinder any one from thinking that fuch Men were to be followed in every Thing. Jufiin Martyr, in his Exhortation to the Greeks^ ob- ferves this of Plato.
{b) The lafi Difpute ^/Socra- tes, &c.] See what we have before quoted concerning him.
(<-■) Abandoned himfelf to Lujl, &c.] See what is (aid in the VlthBook.
12 3 Of the Truth cf Book H.
all his Life long, which his Friends themfclves do not deny. Neither did he give any Aflurance whereby ic might appear, that thofe Rewards he promifed, which confift-ed in Feafls and Women ^ would ever really be; fmce they do not pretend to fay, that he is reflored to Life again in his Body; io far from that, that it now lies buried in Medina. But Mofcs, the Hebrew Lawgiver, was an excellent Perlbn, however not entirely free from Faults; for with great Reludance he would fcarce {a) under- take an EmbalTy to the King oi Egypt y tho' a: the Command of God-, and hedifcovered fome {b) Di- ftruft of God's Promife, concerning firiking Water out of the Rock, as the Hebrews acknowledge. And he himfelf partook of fcarce any of thofe Re- wards, which he promifed to his People by the Law, (c) being driven to and fro in Defart Places, by continual Tumults, {d) and never entering the happy Land. But Chrift is defcribed by his Dif- ciples, {e) to be without any manner of Sin: (f) nor could he ever be proved to have committed any, by the Tefti monies of others: And whatever he commanded others, {g) he performed himfelf; for V/z^ Undertake an Emha^^ his Piety was commended by Src] Exodus IV. 2, lo, 13, the Oracle iJmong the Gcn- 1 4. tiles, we fhill (how in the Vlih ■ {h)V)iJit'vJlofCrod's Promife, Book. «l'r.] Numb. XX. 12. (f) Nor (Ou!J he ever he [c\ Being dri'ven to aid fro ^ pfoiied, &c ] OW^tt obfervcs A-c] Exodus XXI£. Numb, this in hii Hid Booh againft XI. XII. X{V. XVI. XX. Celfus. XXV. ' [g] He performed hlmf If, ht,-\ {J) A>:d ffp-jer etrteriitg the LaSIantius, in the end of his h/ippy Land^Szi:'] Numb XX. Inllitutions well obferves: '/.{vr iZ. Deut. XXXIV 4. he not onh ffjeivediheWay, but if\ To be 'vjtthnut any fnan- 'usalkcdkcfore, in it, kf any one f*er »/■.S'/«. &c.] JohnWll. fhould dread the Path of Virtue^ Seft. 1 8. the ChriJU an 'Religion. 129 for he faithfully fulfilled all Things that God com- manded him; (^) he was mod fincere, in the whole Courfe of his Life; he was the (h) moft patient of Injuries and Torments, as is evident from his Pu- nifhment on the Crofs; he was fo great a Lover of Mankind, of his Enemies, even of thofe by whom he was led to Death, {c) that he prayed to God for them. And the Reward that he promifed to his Followers, he was poiTefTed of himfelf, in a mofh eminent manner •, as is declared and proved by certain Teftimony. {d) Many faw, heard, and handled him, after he was returned to Life again: {e) He was taken up into Heaven in the Sight of Twelve; And that he there obtained the higheft Power, is manifeft from hence •, that he endued his Difciples with a (f) Power, to fpeak thofe Lan- guages which they had never learned; and {g) with other miraculous Gifts, {h) as he promifed them, when he departed from them: All which («) He ivas moJfJincere^Scc.]
(^) Mojl patient of Injuries ^ jGbnVni. 23. JasVUl.o^z.
{c) That he prayed fo God for them, Sec] LuhXXllI. 34.
{dj Many fwnj^ heardy and handhd himy SiC.] John XX. Mat. XXVII. Mark XVi. LukeXXlW. I Cor. XV. 3,4, {e) He ivas taken up into Hea- wen, &c] Mark XVI. 19. Luke XXIV. 51,52. Jasl.
(/) A Power to fpeak thofe 1 Cor. xii!
Languages y &c.] JSIs II.
(p-) And njcith other miraculous Gifts, See."] ^.i?iIII. V. VIIJ.
IX. X. XI. xin. XIV XVI.
XIX. XX. XXI. XXVII. Hek II. 4. The Truth here- of, is fhown by Jujfin in his Difpute with Trypho; by Ire^ n^usy Book II. by Tertul'ian, in his Apology; by Origen, in his Vllth Book againil Celfus; by LaSiantius and others.
{h) As he promifed them, SiZ.'^ John XIV. 12. XVII. 2i. -Mark XVi, 17.
K put I ^^o Of the "Truth of Bock IL put together fliew, that there is no reafon to doubt of his Faithfulnefs, or of his Power, to recompenfe us with that Reward he has promifed. And hencie it is we colledl, that this Rehgion exceeds all others in this Particular alfo; that the Author of it per* formed himfelf, what he commanded; and w^vS poflefTed of what he promifed.
From the wonderful Fropagatlon of this Religion.
"We come now to the Effeds of the Dodrinc by him delivered; which indeed, if rightly confi- dered, are fuch •, that if God has any Regard or Care of human Affairs, this Dodlrine cannot podi- bly but be thought Divine. It v/as agreeable to Divine Providence, to caufe That to fpread the furtheil, which is in itfelf beft. And this has happened to the Chri{li.;n Religion, which, we ourfelves fee, is taught all over Europe -, {a) even the further Corners of the North not exempted; {b) and no lefs throughout, all Jfia^ (c) even in the Idands in the Sea belonging to it; {d) thro' Egypt alfo (e) and Ethiopia^ (/) and fome other Parts o^ Africa^ ^(i^ '4i^.3t^}i^^'{kzough:Jmerica.,^i^ done the Writers cpr:cernipg A f/^7?</. Francijcus Al-vat efius.
{h\ And nvji'fi throughout all. (f) And fome other Parts of j^te/ )^cj' 'See the Aas oi Africa, &c]' See Tertullian, tne Ceneral Couriclls. Qprian, Auguftin,2.iidi the Acts '■'■ (c) K'uen the IJlands hi the of the African Councils; elpe- Seay &;cj See C^n«i in iiis ci;illy that Council, which is 'This appear.s from the Acls of [g] Jnd^t (aj! through PiXnenow only, but was fo of old; as the Hiflory of all Ages teftify, the Books of the Chriftians, and the Ads of Synods; and at this Day, there is a Tradi- tion prcferved amongft the Barbarians^ (a) of the JoLirnies and Miracles of Thomas {b) and Andrew i and the other Apoftles. And {c) Clemens^ {d) Tertulliani ..3iiuiui4::^:i and [a) Of the yonrnies and Mi- racles of Thomas,.Sic] Ste Abdias, Book IX, Eufebius'^s Ecclefiafticai Hillory, Book f. towards the end; and Book If. ch. I. and the beginning df Book HI. Ruffinus, Book X. ch. 9.. Add to thefc, Oforhs and Lir?fchotius, concerning the AiFairs of Eafl India j and Freita concerning the Empire of the Liifitan'ians in Afia; The Sepulchre of this Apoftle is now to be feen in the Coun- try of Caromandcl.
[b) And Andre^Vy^c] See Eufsbius in the Beginning of his forementioncd Uld Book, and Qrigen upon Genejts.
[c) Clemens, &c.] He fays, Strom, y. That Chrift was known in all Nations.
[dyTertuilian, Sec] In his Ift Book againft the Je^vs. *' In " whom t\(t have all Nations ** believed, but in Chrift, who *' lately came? In ^^■hom ilave <* all thefe Nations believed, '**? arthiansl Medei'y Elam'kes, *» and the D^vellers in Mefipo- **■ tamia., '.^yWeftiaf Pbrygia, y* Cappadoaa; rhe Inhabitants " of Fontus ^nd^J/iff, ^ndPam- ** phyiia; "* they that dwell in "** Sffv^/, and they who lice *^* m the Country of Africa, " beyOftd'C^r^//*?; Romans and •* Strangers; Jenvs and other *'* Nations in yemfalem; the ** different fores of People in " Getulia; the manyCountries ^' oi iht Moors X all the Bor- *' ders of Spain; the different " Nations of Gaul; and thofe ** Places of Britain, which " the Romans co-jld not com^ .** at, are yet fubjed to Chrill; *' the Sarmata-f and Do'ci, " and Germans and Scythians; ** and many other obfcure Na- ** tion'', and many Provinces M and Iflands unknown to us, *^; fo ntany that they cannot be' "reckoned? in all which Pla- **' ces, the Name of Chrift, who ** lately came, reigns." Pre- fently after, he ihews how much larger the Kingdom of Chrift was in his I'ime, that is, the end of the fecond Cen- tury, than thoCeof Old. //>- buchadne-x/zarz^Alexanderiy or 'the Romans: *' The Kingdom " of Chrift overfpreads all Pla- *' ces, is received every where, •* in all the above named Na-' *' tions (he had mentioned the *' Babylonians, ParthiafiSj In- ** dians, Ethiopia^ Afia, Ger- ** manji Britain^ the Moorsi ** GeluHans and Romans) it i^ " in great Efteem: He reigns "every where, is adored irt " all Places, is divided equally *< ajnoneft them 4II/* 132 Of the Truth of Book II.
(a) and others have obfcrved, how far the Name of