BRIEFLY SKETCHED, UPON SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES. BY THE REV. C. BARTH, D.D. LATE PASTOR OF MÖTTLINGEN, IN WIRTEMBERG. TRANSLATED BY THE REV. R. F. WALKER, A.M. CURATE OF PURLEIGH, ESSEX, AND FORMERLY CHAPLAIN OF LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; Instituted 1799. SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 1840. PREFACE. THIS Work is a brief Universal History, upon scriptural principles. There is a freshness about it, from its German origin, which is pleasing to English readers, who may find in the BRITONS AND SAXONS, THE MIDDLE AGES OF ENGLAND, and the historical papers in the VISITOR, more full particulars of their own country. In preparing this volume for the press, some parts have been revised or abridged, and a few particulars added; also, some opinions expressed by the author, on passing and future events, have been omitted. The Historical Maps exhibit the known world at four different periods:-1. At the Foundation of Rome. 2. At the Birth of Christ. 3. At the Reformation. 4. A. D. 1840. |