Download or read book Archaeologia Graeca, Or the Antiquities of Greece, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Potter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece, Vol. 1 of 2 From this period we find him giving assiduous atten tion to his professional duties, and drawing forth those stores of learning which he had laid up in early life, to illustrate and defend the principles and discipline of the established church. In 1707. He gave to the public A Discourse upon Church Govemmen t, sve. This treatise, undertaken with the View of establishing the divine origin of episcopacy, contains an account of the constitution, government, and rights of the Christian church, as they are described in the scrip tures, and by the fathers of the three first centuries. In 1708, he succeeded Dr Jane, as canon of Christ Church, and regius professor 'of divinity at Oxford. These preferments he obtained by the solicitation of the illustrious duke of Marlborough, who at that time was the great support of the whig interest. The tories recommended Dr. Smalridge, who had been assistant to Dr. Jane, and had discharged the duties of the professorship with great reputation; but the duchess of Marlborough, who had much in uence with the queen, urged the matter so earnestly, that her ma jesty was prevailed upon to grant her request upon this occasion. Soon after obtaining these preferments, he married, and had by his wife a numerous family of children. 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."