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fleftions, and where a regular and confpicuous 

 narration is ornamented with all thole graces of 

 tthich the hiftoric ftvle is fufceptible. There 

 are in the univerfities able proteilbrs, who make 

 couriers inhiftory that are higMv in^rudtive : and 

 there are hiftorical bibliotheques which furnilH 

 us with the knowledge of the beft authors in 

 every fpecics of hiftory. They therefore who 

 are defirous of applying to this icience, cannot 

 want for guides, or inftruclions ; and we may 

 add, that, in this age, the ufeful and the agree- 

 able will be found united in the ftudy of hit 

 tory. 



CHAP. VIII. 



THE 



ECCLESIASTI GAL HISTORY 



OF ALL THE 



Principal Nations of the Earth. 



AFTER having treated on profane or 

 civil hi (lory, we naturally proceed to Sa- 

 ired, or Ecdfftaftical Hijlory. From the fir it hour 



that 



