Excerpt from An Epitome of the History of the World, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Creation to the Advent of the Messiah, Exhibiting the Fulfilment of Scripture Prophecies, Particularly in Relation to the Jews It has been justly remarked, that those who know Christianity chiefly in the difficulties which it contains, and in the impossibilities which are falsely imputed to it; when they fall into the company of infidels, are soon shaken in mind by frivolous objections, and profane cavils; which, had they been bottomed in reason and argument, would have passed by them as the idle wind, and scarcely have seemed worthy of serious no tice. 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.