Purchas his pilgrimes. part 1 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.

§. VIII. The glorie of Apostolicall Conquests: the hopes of enlarging the Church in this last Age, by knowledge of Arts and Languages through the benefit of Printing and Nauigation.

LEt me conclude this Discourse of Apostolicall Peregrinations with consideration, with collaudation, with admiration euen to extasie and astonishment, of Their (shall I ••ay or Gods?) Exploits, and renowmed Acts. Little are the Acts of Great Alexander, Pom∣peius [ 10] Magnus▪ Fabius Maximus, and other Greats and Grandes of the World, who by Armes and Arts military, by Fire, Sword, Famine, Massacres forced the bodies (the least part) of Men to a compulsiue subiection, shaken off with the first opportunitie. But how shall I ad••or••e your noble Conquests, Yee Diuine Apostolicall Worthies? who walking in the flesh, not war∣ring after the flesh, without, yea, against the force of carnall weapons▪ pulled downe strong holds, cast downe imaginations, and euery high thing that exalted it selfe against the knowledge of God, and brought into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ? Herein they vsed not assistance of other Na∣tions by confederation, nor mustered multitudes in pressed and trained bands of their owne;* 1.1 nor receiued supportation by Subsidies, nor made inuasion by force, nor obtained an vnwilling conquest of Bodies (the shell wi••hout the kernel) nor entertayned clo••e intelligence, nor wro••ght [ 20] by close Treasons, nor diuided to them selues the spoiles▪ nor erected Forts, established Garrisons, imposed taxations, transplanted inhabitants, depressed Nobles, shared new Prouinces into Timars, tithed Children, planted Colonies; nor had their counsels of Warre at home, or warlike customes abroad, Engines, Stratagems, Combats, Sieges, Skirmishes, pitched Fields, Ships, Horses, Cha∣riots, Tents, Trumpets, Munition, nor that worst Baggage of Armies, Crying, Spoyl••ng, Sack∣ing, Wounding, Mayming, Killing with Multiformities of Cruelties, as if the nethermosts Hels had mustered and euaporated the most and worst of Her Fumes and Furies into Our world, which might therefore take, that they might destroy, the shapes of Men, by humane inhumanitie. But a few poore Fishermen, and Tent-makers ouerthrow the Worlds Wisemen, in the most flouri∣shing times of worldly learning, subdue the Scepters of greatest Kings and Monarchs, ruine the [ 30] gates of Hell, & vndermine the deepnesse of Satan, supplant the profoundest, suttlest, mightiest of Satanicall combinations with the whole World of Men against a handfull; and maugre their vni∣ted Forces, preaching a Crucified God,* 1.2 and teaching the Crosse as the first Principle of Christian Learning, to ouercome the edge of the Sword with suffering it, to stop the mouthes of Lions with their flesh, to quench the violence of fire with their bloud; to forsake all Goods, good Name, Wife, Life, Childe, to deny themselues, to plucke out their right eyes, to cut off their right hands, to pray for their persecutors, to recompence hatred with loue, and ouercome euill with goodnesse, looking for no other reward then what the World can neither looke on, nor for; they inuade with innocence, and with Sauing ouercome, the World; and whiles it most resisteth, per∣secuteth, ouercommeth, incline it to willingnesse, calmenesse, subiection; write their conquests [ 40] not in the bloud of the Conquered but of the Conquerors: erect Trophees, not in O••eliskes, Py∣ramides, Arches, by others industry, but in their owne Funerals, Crucifyings, Stonings, Martyr∣domes; solemnize Triumphs not with their owne Armies, not with captiued troupes, attending in greatest pompe the sublime Triumphall Chariot, but by being led forth with out-cries, shoutes, clamours, to the basest and most ignominious deaths. Those of whom the World was not worthy, re∣puted vnworthy of the World; haue the Panegyrikes of their prayses, written not by the pens of Parasites or Poets, nor in the lines, (as is said) but in the liues of men; the Christian World (as before is obserued) remayning not written, but reall Annalls of the Apostles Acts, who being poore made many rich, and hauing nothing possessed all things. The Solaecismes b 1.3 of Fish••rmen dissol∣ued the Syllogismes of Philosophers, and where but a few of any Nation could be wonne, to pro∣fesse [ 50] themselues the Disciples of any Philosophicall Sect,* 1.4 though graced and admired by the World, yet the World becomes Christian in despite of the Worlds disgraces and persecutions: nor could the immane-cruelties of some, or superfine subtleties of other, subuert, nay they conuerted men to the Gospel; the seed, the fatning of the Church was the Bloud of her slaine Martyrs; all ages, sexes, sorts of men, euen women, euen children, euen women-children, out-brauing the grea∣test, the fiercest, the wisest of Satanicall instruments▪ by suffering, conquering, and at once ouer∣comming the Deuill, the World, Themselues. Euen so O Father, because it pleased thee.

And be not angry Reader, if the passed, present vnto my contemplation future things▪ and if the consideration of diuine assistance in Tongues, Reuelations, Miracles immediately conferred for the first Plantation of Christianitie, occasion my thoughts to a more serious suruay of future [ 60] hopes in the propagation and reformauion thereof. In the first foundation of Mosaicall Rite••, God raysed Bezaleel, and Aholiab with others, by diuine instinct inabled to curious workman∣ship,* 1.5 fitting that Oeconomie of the Tabernacle, whiles that Iewish Church was as it were rocked in the Cradle, and God vouchsafed to dwell amongst those Tent-dwellers in a Tent. But after

that State was setled, and the Church flourished in the Reigne of Dauid and Salomon, God did not againe infuse Sciences by Miracle, or by miraculous disposition (as before the Egyptians were spoyled) prouided materials to that Worke; but furnished Salomons wisdome, with helpe of the two Hirams, the one a cunning workman in Gold, Siluer, Brasse, Iron, Stone, Timber, to graue any manner of grauing,* 1.6 and to find out euery deuice, the sonne of a Tyrian, by an Israelitish woman; the other his Master, the King of Tirus, a man furnished with a Nauy of ships and store of Mariners, by whose meanes the Temple and Court might be prouided of necessaries from remotest Ophir, aswell as the neerer Lebanon. I implore not, I importune not any vnwilling assent or follower of my apprehension and application hereof to what I now propound in like differing states of the Christian Church.* 1.7 Omnia contingebant illis in figurá. This was likewise founded, and as it were a Tabernacle built for Christ by the Apostles, men wholy enabled by immediate graces and gifts of [ 10] the Spirit to so diuine a Worke. A Tabernacle I call the Church, not only as being yet militant, and therefore abiding in Tents, but in comparison and respectiuely to that externall spendour which followed long after the Apostles times, when Kings became her Nursing Fathers and Queenes her Nursing Mothers, subiected their Crowne to the Crosse, shining in the highest top thereof. Albeit therefore in puritie of doctrine and manners the Apostolicall times had their spirituall preeminence (as the Tabernacle also exceeded the Temple in the ordinary Cloud, Pil∣lar of fire, Manna, Miracles, syncerest worship by Moses, and the like.) Yet when the World be∣came Christian, and the Crosse became the Imperiall Banner the Church, before persecuted, now reuiued vnder Constantine, Iouianus, Theodosius, and other Religious Monarchs, and Kings, see∣med to renew the Golden reuolutions and setled returnes of Christian Dauids and Salomons; and [ 20] they which before had not a Smith in Israel, scarsly a Bishop or Temple to be seene, had Temples, Schooles, Bishops, Councels, whence Religion was propagated and established in the seuerall Realmes and Nations of Christianity; not now by Miracles as before by the Apostles, but by the Ministery of Bishops and Priests of ordinary calling and gifts; and hee himselfe was now the greatest Miracle that beleeued not, the whole World beleeuing and wondering at infidelitie as a Monster.

And as the Temple and state of Religion declining was repaired and reformed by godly Kings, as Ioash, Hezekiah, Iosiah; and Zealous Priests such as Iehoiada; and after the ruines thereof was rebuilded by Princes and Priests, Zorobabel and Ioshua, Nehemiah and Ezra: so hath God stirred vp good Kings & Pastors in the declining age of the Church, as Charles the Great, King Alfred [ 30] and many others in Histories mentioned; & after the deportation therof into Mysticall Babylon, when shee seemed in her truest members fled out of the Worlds easier view into the Wildernesse, hath God raysed vp the Kings of England, Sweden, Denmarke, and other Christian Princes, States, and Potentates with Religious Bishops and Ministers to repaire the desolations of Sion, and restore Ierusalem with the Temple, if not to her first splendour, yet from her late Captiuity, where she had smal pleasure to sing the Lords song in a strange land, & babble her holies in the vnknown Language of Babylon.* 1.8 As therefore the first Plantation of the Tabernacle was by miracle and immediate instinct; the erection of the Temple, and succeeding reparations were by the art and humane in∣dustry of such Heroike spirits as God raysed vp and sanctified in euery age: so the Christian Church planted by Apostles, hath beene since wate••ed by faithfull Pastors, exalted by pious Em∣perours, [ 40] depressed by Heretikes and Persecutors, captiued by Popes, and in her diuersified changes and chances, rather expecteth extraordinary blessing vpon the ordinary helpes, functions, and graces, then meanes meerly extraordinary and miraculous. Amongst all which helpes by humane industry, none (in my mind) haue further preuailed then those two, the Arts of Arts, Printing and Nauigation, both in manner giuen at once to the World by diuine goodnesse, this for supply of matter, that other of forme, to this Spirituall Reedification of Gods Sanctuary. And as Hirams Art improouing natural wit by diligent industry, succeeded the infused Sciences of Bezaleel and Aho∣liab; so to that Apostolicall gift of Tongues, in the foundation of the Church hath succeeded for reformation thereof, the principall Tongues and Languages of Nations, Ebrew, Greeke, Latine, Syriake, Arabike, and the rest, partly refined, partly renewed by humane industrie, through the [ 50] benefit of Printing. For how were the learned and remoter Tongues buried and vnknowne in these parts, till that Art brought in plentie, facilitie and cheapnesse of Bookes, whereby Lan∣guages became the Keyes, Bookes the Treasuries and Storehouses of Science; whiles by those men found accesse into these; and Printing yeelded admittance to both in plentie and varietie? And thus was vnuailed that mystery of Iniquity in the age before vs, which had captiued so many Ages in worse then Egyptian darknesse. This mystery at first arose in a myst from the bottom∣lesse pit, in a time of barbarous ignorance, occasioned by irruption of Barbarians into all parts of Christendome, successiuely like wild Bores out of the Forrest, rooting vp Gods Vineyard, and preparing a way to the Romish Foxes to spoile the Vines, to corrupt and deuoure the fruits thereof. The Goths, Vandals, Hunnes, Herules, Lombards, Saracens, in Spaine, Afrike and Italy; the [ 60] Frankes, and after them the Saracens, Danes, and Normans in France, and the places adioyning; the Picts, Saxons and Angles, and after them the Danes, in these parts; the Auarés, Saracens, Tartars, Turkes in the East and South; with other deluges of Ethnikes hating learning, burning

Libraries, killing learned men, in these and other parts seconded with factions, treasons, and ci∣uill vnciuill combustions of Christians amongst themselues, made easie way first, and strong con∣firmation after to the Papacy apprehending all opportunities to aduance it selfe, first in spirituall things, after also in temporall.

But what illiterate ignorance little discerned, not muth withstood, renewed literature hath exposed to the view of all, and by reuiued Arts hath discerned the Arts of that painted Iezabel, whose fouler wrinkles, her Ieza••elicall, Iesuiticall Parasites still labour with renewed and refined Arts also to playster and fill vp a fresh; but hereby whet the industry of others to improoue their Arts and industry on the otherside, in more eagre search and diligent inquisition to take [ 10] those wise in their craftinesse, and to let men see that the materials of this later Babylon in the West are turfes of earth, which humane wits haue baked into bri••kes, and with slime of Policy, haue raysed to so superadmirable a frame and structure.

And lest so great a blessing procured by Printing, should rest and rust amongst our selues in this Westerne corner of the World, God hath added that other Art of Nauigation, as that other Hi∣rams assistance to Salomon, and of Nehemiah to Ezra, the Prince and Priest, learning and power combined. This Art was before obscure and rude,* 1.9 but by the industry of the Portugals lifted vp to higher attempts, with care of their Kings (employing Astronomie to her better furniture) enabled to new Discoueries in Africa, and after that in all the East; whose example the Spaniard following happily encountred a New World, and first of all men vnlosed the Virgin Zone of the [ 20] Earth, encompassing the whole Compasse of this vast Globe. And thus hath God giuen oppor∣tunitie by Nauigation into all parts, that in the Sun-set and Euening of the World, the Sunne of righteousnesse might arise out of our West to illuminate the East, and fill both Hemispheres with his brightnes: that what the Apostles, by extraordinary dispensation sent, by extraordinary prouidence protected & conducted into all parts, by extraordinary gift of Tongues were able to preach to all sorts of men; this latter Age following those glorious Fathers and Founders (though farre off, non passibus aequis) might attempt and in some sort attaine by helpes of these two Artes, Printing and Nauigation, that Christ may bee saluation c 1.10 to the ends of the Earth, and all Nations may serue him; that according to the Scripture innumerable numbers of all Nations and Kin∣dreds, and peoples, and Tongues, may be clothed with the white robes of the Lambe. I am no Prophet, [ 30] nor sonne of a Prophet, instructed in future reuelations, but one with all others praying, thy King∣dome come; neither dare I take vpon me the reuelation of the Reuelation in that Prophesie of the holy Ierusalem descending out of Heauen from God, newly measured with a golden Reed, to apply it to the reformation of the Church in the last times; which howsoeuer some haue interpreted only of her glorious and celestiall estate, others haue included the terrestriall also, after the calling of the Iewes (which Saint Paul cals life from the dead, as if it were the Resurrection of the World, and consequently in spirituall respects, a new Heauen and new Earth) alleadging many Argu∣ments, seeming altogether to this purpose not improbable. And least of all, will I, lesse then the least of all, take vpon me the reducing of the Iewes into I know not what externall pompe and policie, and exalt them in splendour aboue all other Nations and Monarchs (the very stumbling [ 40] stone of their downfall; this dreame of a glorious Messias, prouoking them to crucifie the Lord of glory, whose Kingdome is not of this World, though prefigured by types, and painted in sha∣dowes of Secular glorie) I meddle not with Secular States, but pray for the conuersion and spi∣rituall regeneration of all men. And Nature it selfe preacheth thus daily: if the Sunne daily,* 1.11 shal not the Sunne of righteousnesse once, enlighten all the World? It is the Holy Ghosts resemblance. If the Fathers d 1.12 of old did expect a further conuersion of Nations by the Gospel; if the Sybil∣line Oracles promise as much; if the Papists make this a demonstration that Antichrist is not yet come, because the Gospel is not yet preached to all men, which they hope hereafter shall bee ef∣fected; if the Prophecies of the glorious state of the Church mentioned in Esay and Zacharie,e 1.13 shadowed in Ezekiels Temple, and destruction of Gog and Magog, renued in the Reuelation, [ 50] seeme not yet to haue taken their full effect, but to promise some better future estate, as euen those many Ancients also conceited, whose full sayle and forward gale carried them beyond the Truth into the Millenary Errour: if our Church prayeth for all Iewes, Turkes, and Infidels, that they may be one sheep-fold vnder one Pastor: then I may also with the Streame bee carried into expectation of that dilating the Churches Pale, and a more Catholike enlarging of her bounds, specially in those parts of the World, where though we grant the Gospel preached by the Apo∣stles, yet little fruit in comparison followed in many Countries; nor any generall conuersion of Nations, except of the Romane Empire with the adioyning Regions, and some few, scarse a few Prounces annexed, hath hitherto happened. And how little to the rest of the World is all that which is called Christendome, or that also which in any setled flourishing estate of a Church hath [ 60] euer yet beene Christian? Pardon therefore this Charitie extended to all men, to pray and hope for the remotest of Nations no more remote from Christ in Nature or promise, then our selues.

And (to returne to our Nauigation) the present Nauigations, Missions, Preachings, of Iesuites

and Friers in the Heathen Nations of the World, seeme to present vnto my minde that state of the dispersed Iewes before Christs comming in the flesh. He came to his owne, and his owne receiued him not, which yet by their Scriptures, Synagogues, Rites, in their many many dispersions, had vnwitting prepared a way vnto him amongst the Gentiles. Let none contemne this figure of the Iewish Church (which yeelds d 1.14 in most obiections of Popery touching Visibility, Succession, Antiquity Vniuersality, Consent, Pontificall Priuiledges, and most of their vulgar and popular flourishes, reall and experimentall resolutions, by paraleling the Iew and Romanist; this being in∣feriour in euidence, superiour in arrogance) if herein also we see them like; and those later Phari∣ses, compassing Sea and Land to make Proselites, by preaching some Christian verities amongst their Traditionary chaffe, become Apparitors and Harbengers of a future purity, which yet them∣selues crucifie as Hereticall. Spaine hath as is said, in Nauigation best deserued (in leading the way [ 10] to others, some of which haue e 1.15 since in the Art equalled, in attempts perhaps exceeded her) and by diuine Prouidence hath beene bountifully rewarded in the East and West, both ouershadowed vnder her wings: is also one of the ten hornes (as the current of our Interpreters agree) which to∣gether with the beast receiue power as Kings, out of the ruines of the Romane Empire; of which it is prophesied that the ten hornes shall hate the Whore, and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eate her flesh and burne her with fire. For God hath put into their hearts to fulfill his will, &c. God put in∣to their hearts to be thus truly Catholike, and able to discerne the whoredoms and many witchcrafts of their mother Iezabel, the mother of fornications of the Earth; enable them to see that Catholike-Roman is the Language of Babel, where men but babble, and the word (like Esau and Iacob stri∣uing in the wombe) supplants the next preceding; that the now-Roman is but new-Roman, and [ 20] therefore Catholike no more in time then place, no more in sound apprehension of truth, then in round comprehension of the Vniuerse. And that God which hath giuen them to chase the relikes of the Moores out of Europe, to chastise them in Afrik & Asia, to find that New World of America, with her two armes of Nauigation from Lisbone and Siuill yeerely, to embrace the whole Globe, and to haue greater oportunities for so Catholike a worke then yet is granted to any other Nation; put into their hearts with other Princes and Christian Nations to fulfill this his will against that Whore; which the Prophesie enforceth to beleeue shall bee done, and their King in our Fathers dayes gaue instance how easie.* 1.16 I ring not, sound not an alarme, nor strike vp a march for warre, I determine not the particular way or instruments of that desolation. I delight not in imprecati∣ons, [ 30] nor to that Whore drunken with the bloud of Saints and Martyrs wish any bloudy reward of my selfe:* 1.17 but God himselfe hath foretold deuouring her flesh and burning her, and enioyned also, in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double. Which howsoeuer it shall bee effected, I doe not pre∣scribe, nor doe I single out that Nation to this purpose, but ioyne them with others in my Pray∣ers for the execution of that Prophesie, both to goe out of Babylon, and to goe against it in iust reformation, that it may bee no more found at all; at least by making her naked of that protection which thence she receiueth, and redemanding their owne, may detayne the ouer-flowings of EVPHRATES that the way of the Kings of the East may bee prepared to exterminate Babylon out of the World. And is it not better thus to pray for them that they may haue an honorable part in that Prophesie, that Babylon may further fall by their falling from them, then that they should fall with her? or to reckon vp the bloudy effects of their In∣quisition [ 40] in Europe, and their inhumanity in America, and number them amongst the Kings of the Earth, who shall bewayle and lament Romes ruines; or to those Ship-masters, Ship-companies, Saylers and Traders by Sea, and Merchants of the Earth weeping for her desolations? Once, I say not that they of all men haue the most eminent oportunity to subuert Babylon by their Italian neigh∣bourhood and Territories; I pray that they endeuour to conuert the Easterne and Westerne In∣dians making that best vse of their Nauigations,* 1.18 giuing them Gold refined and truly spirituall for their temporall. And though they now of all Nations seeme most enamoured of that Roman (therein truly Catholike, that is, common) Harlot, yet Hee which hath the heart of Kings in his hand as the riuers of water, can turne it, when and whithersoeuer he will: can effect this also by o∣thers,* 1.19 [ 50] without, yea against them: can reward (as sometime hee did Nebuchadnezzar for his ser∣uice done at Tyrus, with the land of Egypt for the wages of his Armie, and the Israelites at their depar∣ture with Egyptian spoiles) can reward I say both those which at his command go out of, or when his Prouidence shall dispose, against this Babylon (which for captiuing the people of God is called Egypt,* 1.20 for filthinesse Sodom, & for the Staple of Spiritual Merchandise, is also resembled to Tyrus) with the spoyles of the Spirituall Egyptians, with the Turks destruction (which litterally possesse Egypt) with the riches of the Gentiles brought to the Church, besides their own and the Churches liberty. And as Ierusalem (to return to our similitude) being demolished by the Romans, the Church became truely Catholike, not looking any more to walls of a Temple, to carnall Sacrifices, to the petty pinfold of one Nation, to one City, as the Mart & Mother of Christian Religion and disci∣pline [ 60] (how much had the Apostles to doe whiles Ierusalem stood, to withhold * 1.21 * 1.22 Christians from Iudaizing?) so is it to bee hoped and prayed, that this Mysticall Babylon, which now by vsur∣pation challengeth to bee Mistresse and Mother of the Church, arriuing at that prophecied irreco∣uerable downefall, Catholike-Roman (vniuersall-particular) may no more bee heard, but true Ca∣tholicisme

recouering her venerable and primary Antiquitie, may without distracted faction, in free and vnanimous consent, extend her Demesnes of Vniuersalitie as farre as the Earth hath Men, and the light of her truth may shine together with the Sun-beames, round about the habi∣table World: that as Salomon by Hirams Mariners fetched materialls, Gold, Gemmes, Almuggim Trees, to the Temples structure, which by the other Hirams Art were brought and wrought in∣to due forme; so the Heauenly Salomon, the LORD IESVS, may by this his gift of Nauigati∣on supply those remote fieldes, white vnto the Haruest, with plentie of labourers, to bring into the Societie of the True Church those rude Ethnikes, of them to frame pillars in the house of God,* 1.23 ves∣sells of sanctimony in the sanctuary finer then the Gold of Ophir, enlightned with spirituall wisdome and vnderstanding of holy things, richer then Rubies, and the most incomparable It wells: that [ 10] these may by the art of Hiram, the son of an Isralitish woman by a Tyrian father, that is by the Mi∣nistery of Pastors & Doctors, learned in diuine & humane Literature be instructed, baptised,* 1.24 edifi∣ed and disciplined; that in the places where yet is no Christian, nay no Humane or Ciuill People, it may be said vnto them, yee are the Sonnes of the liuing God; that there may be one Pastor and one sheepfold, one Saluation, Redeemer and Aduocate, to Iew and Gentile, IESVS CHRIST the light of the Gentiles and the glory of his people Israel: whom my Discourse hauing now obtained to em∣brace, shall here confine it selfe with a Nunc Dimittis, and end with Amen, to that Amen, in whom all the promises of God are yea and Amen. Euen so, Amen LORD IESVS.

[ 20]

[illustration] map of the Christian world

HONDIVS his Map of the Christian World.

Notes

• * 1.1

  2. Chor. 10.3▪4, 5
• * 1.2

  Ap. 2.
• b 1.3

  Theo••. Orat. 5
• * 1.4

  2. Cor. 6.10.
• * 1.5

  Ex. 31. l. 6. & 35.30.
• * 1.6

  ••. Chron. 2.14.
• * 1.7

  1. Cor. 10, 11. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.
• * 1.8

  Psal. 37.4.
• * 1.9

  Of this im∣prouement of Nauigation read the next Chapter.
• c 1.10

  Ps. 2. & 22. Luke 2. Apoc. 7.9.
• * 1.11

  Forbis, Bright∣man, Bernard, &c. in Apoc. Rom. 11.15.
• d 1.12

  Ps••l. 19. Rom. 10.
• e 1.13

  Aug. Ep 78.80. vid. Prosp. de lib. arbit. Syb. Or. l. 3. &c. Bellar. Lessius, &c.

  Vid. Acost. de Proc. Iud. sal. l. 4 c. 2. & de temp. nouis. l 1. c. 17.18 Collect on Good Friday. Except in the quoud••m Ro∣man Empire & the Countries next adioy∣ning, viz the Sweden••, Poles, Norw••gians, Danes, Russes, and other Northerne people most of them lately added to the Church; & the Abassines on the South, & some handfuls on the East; Christianity hath rather bin dispersed in Nations then publikely and generally professed. God grace (if it be his will, for I rather make it an Article of my Charitie then of my faith) a larger Christendome.
• d 1.14

  The greatest and pl••usiblest arguments of Papists drawn from the au∣thority, &c. of the Church, may be with fa••rer shew & ••urer ground applyed to the Iewish Church, which yet apo∣statize.
• e 1.15

  English and Dutch.

  Apoc. 17.13, 16. 2. Reg. 9.22. Ap••c. 17.5. Explo••s of Spaine.
• * 1.16

  Apoc. 17.6. Apoc. 18.6.
• * 1.17

  Vid. Praefat. Mo∣nit. Regis Iacobi.
• * 1.18

  Prou. 21.1:
• * 1.19

  Ez. 29.19.
• * 1.20

  Ez. 27. & Ap. 12
• * 1.21

  So some in∣terprete Gog & Magog. Apoc. 20.8. & Ap. 9. &c.
• * 1.22

  Acts 15. Ep. ad Gal. Col. Phil. Heb. &.
• * 1.23

  Prou. 8.
• * 1.24

  Hos. 1.10.