Excerpt from A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity Not only will much light be thrown upon its genu ine character and excellence by a contrast with their errors or deficiencies, but moreover, a knowledge Of these will often disclose to us the sources Of some Of those corruptions which have disfigured the Simplicity Of the Gospel. 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.