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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08829	A relation of the Christians in the world	Pagitt, Ephraim, 1574 or 5-1647.	1639 (1639)	STC 19113; ESTC S5143	28,211	97

Perlegi Tractatum hunv cui Titulus est A relation of the Christians in the World eumque typis mandari permitto Iulij 29. 1639. Sa. Baker A RELATION Of the CHRISTIANS in the World Revelations 7. 9. After this I beheld and loe a great Multitude which no man could number of all Nations and Kinreds and People and Tongues stood before the Throne and before the Lambe LONDON Printed by I. Okes. Anno Domini 1639. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac Domino Honoratissimo Domino Gulielmo Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo totius Angliae Primatiac Metropolitae Regiae Majestati à Consilijs Sanctioribus Academiae Oxoniensis Cancellario Patrono suo Colendissimo HAbes in libello isto amplissime Praesul Ecclesiae Catholicae statum et pomoeria In quo Augustam Ecclesiam Catholicam non angustis modo Romani Pontificis limitibus ut incassum somniant Pontificij circumscriptam nec in obscuro aliquo ut Africae angulo ut non minus olim vane concluserunt Donatistae coarctatam sed vere Catholicam Hoc est Universaliter extensam ab Oriente in Occidentem et a meridie in Septentrionem sparsim diffusam videri licet Et mihi certe summa delectatio et consolatio fuit cum legendo invenissem et contemplando intellexissem quam magna sit domus Dei Omnipotentis quam ingens possessionis ejus locus quam fortis Ecclesia columna Dei viventis contra quam nec tyrannorum bujus mundi malitia nec potestatum infernarum astutia quicquam sint praevalitura De Dedicatione huius Operis cum argumentum sacrum sit ac Ecclesiasticum non diu deliberandum fuit cuius tutelae Consecrarem Tibi Illustrissime ac Reverendissime Praesul qui in Anglia nostra summus es Sacrorum Praeses et Ecclesiae Patronus non vigilantissimus modo sed et verissimus optimo iure dicari debet Ignosce itaque Reverendissime Praesul huic meae in dedicando 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et dignare etiam suppliciter oro hoc meum qualecunque sit opusculum sub alarum vestrarum umbra protegere Ego sane iam annosus et senio confectus hoc opus non sine magno labore multis vigilijs concinnatum ad lucem publicam Reverentiae vestrae patrocinio fretus fidens expono Mibi quidem in istiusmodi rhapsodijs conscribendis coepisse sat est Nunc ut alij longe me eruditiores ad gumentum isthoc prosequendum et illustrandum instigentur vestrum erit Quod ut usui publico sit Deum Optimum Maximum precor per Iesum Christum ut Authoritatem vestram Ecclesiae tranquillitati quam diutissime servet Amplitudini vestrae addictissimus Reverentiae vestrae servus humillimus Ephraim Pagitt In Europe are 4 Sorts of christians The Protestants Papists Moscouits Greekes These two last agree With the Protestants and are not subiect to the Pope In Africa are The Cophtie Under the Patriarch of Alexandria And the Abassin christians in Aethiope Under theire Abunna or Patriarch In Asia are the christians Under the Patriarch of Ierusalem and Antioch the Armenians Georgians Circassians Christians in Cazan and Astracan ect Under the Patriarch Mosco of ASia the lesse Under the Patriarch of Musall The Iacobits Christians of S t Thome Maronites ect A Relation of the Christians in the WORLD HAving made a diligent enquiry of the estate of the Church of God upon Earth I doe finde that it is not confined to any one Country or Nation nor impaled within any one Bishops Dioces but truely Catholick or universal dispersed over the face of the whole Earth Our blessed Lord and Saviour being ready to ascend into Heaven commanded his Apostles saying Goe yee and teach all Nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost And this his Commandement the holy Apostles being inspired from above put in execution They went forth and preached every where the Lord working with them In the Ecclesiasticall Histories the Countries and Nations are named in which and to whom they preached And although some are perswaded that those Churches are altogether perished or become hereticall yet according to our Lords promise of Assistance not only to his holy Apostles viz. I am with you alway but also to their Successors preaching after them even to the latter end of the world Christianity in the substantiall and essentiall points of it remayneth in many of these Countries to this day And truly it is to mee a matter of great consolation in so many changes of this VVorld and oppositions of wicked men against them that doe professe the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ to see the Church of God preserved and propagated upon the face of the Earth and not only the Doctrine of Christian Religion but also the ancient Ecclesiasticall Policie and government of Bishops to be mainted and defended through the providence of Almighty God not only by Christian Princes but also by Mahumetan and Pagan Kings The world may be divided into the Old known to the ancients which may be subdivided into Europe Asia Africa New late found out which may bee sub-divided into America the North and South unknown lands EVrope hath in Longitude as some write from the further part of Ireland West and the River Tanais East about 2166 Miles and in latitude 2220 Miles or there abouts Affrica is about twice as large as Europe and Asia is esteemed to be larger than them both I finde in Europe foure sorts of Christians viz. Protestants Romanists Muscovites and Greeks The Protestants who inhabit the Kingdomes of England and Scotland being about 1836 miles in compasse and Ireland conteyning about 400 Miles in length and 200 in breadth Gildas writeth that Britanie received the Faith in the time of Tiberius Nicephorus Dorotheus and others also write that the Ecclesia Occidentalis Reformata in Regnis Angliae Scotiae Hiberniae Daniae Norvegiae Succiae Transilvaniae Inhabitant etiam hi Christiani Pontifi cijs mixti Germaniam Poloniam Eranciam Helvetiam Rhetiam Hungariam Bohemiam Belgiam Pontificia in Hispania Italia Francia nhabitant etiam hi Christiani Protestantibus mixti partem Germaniae Poloniaae Franciae Belgiae Helvetiae Rhetiae Hungariae Bohemiae Orientalis Graeca sub Patriarcha Constantinopolitano Antiocheno Alexandrino Hierosolymitano Moscoviae Bulgariae Iberiae seu Georgianorum Chaldaea aut Chaldaeis lingua vicina haec Ecclesia dividitur in eam cui imputatur quod sit Nestoriana sub Patriarcha de Mosul alijsque●hiChristiani Mahumetanis infidelibus mixti inhabitant Babyloniam Assyriam Mesopotamiam Parthiam Mediam Catthaiam Tartariam Indiam c. Monophysitica Armeniorum Iacobitarum Coptorum seu Christianorum Aegyptiacorum Aethiopum seu Abassinorum Apostle Simon Zelotes preached in Britanie and that he was Crucified lyeth buried there some suppose that he came with Ioseph of Arimathea into Britanie which Ioseph you may read in Cardinal Baronius his Annals to have arrived here