Excerpt from Pagano-Papismus or an Exact Parallel: Between Rome-Pagan and Rome-Christian, in Their Doctrines and Ceremonies I. Religion brings great advantages to human societies, cities, countries, and kingdoms. I know some great ones of the world have been jealous of the kingdom of Christ, as Herod was troubled when he first heard of his birth: yet others, who have followed the dictates of natural reason only, and been superstitiously overawed by a deity, have looked upon it as a necessary basis to found government upon, without which it can no more subsist than a castle in the air. I will mention two great advantages that will come to human societies by religion, and where in their happiness doth consist, viz. Peace and plenty. Where these two are enjoyed a people cannot be miserable, and where either of them is wanting they cannot be happy. 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.