Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical History, From the Birth of Christ to the Present Time, Vol. 1 W RI TE R of Mr. Formey's acknow ledged merit wants no recommenda tion. The variety of very ufeful publica tions, with which he has favour'd the world, have fufi'iciently ef'rablilhed his reputation in all countries. We are indebted to him for many valuable abridgments; but none a mongft them feem to Claim more regard from an Englilh reader, than his'ecclefiafti cal Hiltory; as it is a work much wanted in our language, there being no one of the kind thati know of, which can be read with any degree of pleafure. Mr. Formey's work is fo happily compiled, that, whill'r it ferves agree ablyto refrefh the memories of thofe who have made Church Hiftory their fiudy, it will give thofe perfons, -who have neither time nor inclination to read larger hif'tories, a compleat knowledge of the principal revo lutions which have happened in the Chriltian world. 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.