An Impartial and Succinct History of the Rise, Declension and Revival of the Church of Christ; From the Birth of Our Saviour to the Present Time, Vol. ... Ancient and Modern (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from An Impartial and Succinct History of the Rise, Declension and Revival of the Church of Christ; From the Birth of Our Saviour to the Present Time, Vol. 2 of 2: With Faithful Characters of the Principal Personages, Ancient and Modern

An. 1363. One efl'ort more closed these impo tent attempts. John, king of France, instigated by the urgent exhortations, and won by the mighty promises of Urban V. Prepared to measure lances with the Saracenic Knights under the walls of Jerusalem; but a greater conqueror, whom Chris tian and Infidel are equally unable to resist, ar rested him in his mid career, laid him low in the dust, and all his vast preparations vanished, as the mist of the morning. Thus ended the vain strug gle - Mahomedism remained triumphant, and the cross yielded to the crescent. Though it must be owned with regard to the reality of the Christian life, it was as little to be found among the crusaders as among the Saracens themselves.

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