Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the vvorld and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the Creation vnto this present In foure partes. This first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent. Declaring the ancient religions before the Floud ... With briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie, in the same. By Samuel Purchas, minister at Estwood in Essex.

THE FIRST BOOKE.

Of the first beginnings of the World and Religion: and of the Regions and Religions of Babylonia, Assyria, Syria, Phoenicia, and Palestina.

CHAP. I.

OF GOD, One in Nature, Three in Persons, the FATHER, SONNE, and HOLY GHOST. pag.1.

CHAP. II.

Of the Creation of the World. pag.5.

CHAP. III.

Of Man, considered in his first state, wherein he was created: and of Paradise, the place of his habitation. pag.10.

CHAP. IIII.

Of the word Religion: and of the Re∣ligion of our first Parents before the fall. pag.15.

CHAP. V.

Of the fall of Man: and of Originall sinne. pag.20.

CHAP. VI.

Of the Reliques of the diuine Image after the Fall, whereby naturally men addict themselues vnto some Religion: and what was the Religion of the world before the floud. pag.25.

CHAP. VII.

Of the cause and comming of the Floud. pag.30.

CHAP. VIII.

Of the repeopling of the World: and of the diuision of Tongues and Nations. pag.35.

CHAP. IX.

A Geographicall Narration of the whole Earth in generall, and more parti∣cularly of Asia. pag.41.

CHAP. X.

Of Babylonia, the originall of Idola∣trie: and the Chaldaeans Antiquities be∣fore the Floud, as BEROSVS hath re∣ported them. pag.45.

CHAP. XI.

Of the Citie and Countrie of Babylon: their sumptuous Walls, Temples, and I∣mages. pag.49.

CHAP. XII.

Of the Priests, Sacrifices, religious Rites, and Customes of the Babylonians. pag.53.

CHAP. XIII.

The Chaldaean and Assyrian Chroni∣cle, or Computation of Times, with their manifold alterations of Religions & Go∣uernement in those parts, vntill our time. pag.58.

CHAP. XIIII.

Of Niniue, and other Neighbouring Nations. pag.64.

CHAP. XV.

Of Syria, and the ancient Religions there: of the Syrian Goddesse, and her Rites at Hierapolis: of the Daphnaean, and other Syrian superstitions. pag.67.

CHAP. XVI.

Of the Syrian Kings, and alteration of Gouernement, and Religion, in these Countries. pag.72.

CHAP. XVII.

Of the Theologie, and Religion of the Phoenicians. pag.76.

CHAP. XVIII.

Of Palaestina, and the first Inhabitants thereof, the Sodomites, Idumaeans, Moabites, Ammonites, and Canaa∣nites, with others. pag.81.