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PART. I. (Book 1)
SECT. I.
UPon the death of Julian, there was another quick and suddain turn of Af∣fairs, by the Election of Jovian a Christian to the Empire, though the change was rather made in the Emperor, than the Religion. For Christianity was so universally entertain'd, that Julian with all his Arts of Under∣mining and Persecution, could make but very little alteration in the Church, and at last left it in the very same or a much better Condition than that in which he found it. And for that reason (a) 1.1 Grego∣ry Nazianzen derides his folly and mad∣ness in endeavouring to destroy Christia∣nity, when it had so universally prevail'd, (b) 1.2 and himself was so sensible of it, that he was forced for a time to conceal his own Religion, and as he marched out of France towards Rome, he was forced to keep Christmas at Vienna, that he