The importance of this book is noted in Brown's first sentence to the preface, "To peruse history as a Christian, is to view every event as the work of God; -- As a practical verification of the doctrines, promises, threatenings, or predictions of his word; -- and as an excitement to faith in, gratitude towards, and conformity to him, as our God and Redeemer." A fine set by one of the giants of the Reformed faith! 760 pages.

General History of the Christian Church, from the Birth of our Saviour to the present Time, Containing A succinct Account of external Events, prosperous or calamitous; the State of Learning; the State of Practical Religion; and the Disputes, Heresies, and Sects, that have troubled the Christian Church, in each Century. With An Appendix, containing the History of Philosophers, Deists, Socinians, Arminians, Anabaptists, Quakers, Moravians, etc. To which is subjoined, A List of Errors, especially since the Reformation. (1771, Volume 1)

The General History of the Christian Church (Volume 1) by John Brown of Haddington covers the first century A.D. to the fourteenth century A.D.

General History of the Christian Church, from the Birth of our Saviour to the present Time, Containing A succinct Account of external Events, prosperous or calamitous; the State of Learning; the State of Practical Religion; and the Disputes, Heresies, and Sects, that have troubled the Christian Church, in each Century. With An Appendix, containing the History of Philosophers, Deists, Socinians, Arminians, Anabaptists, Quakers, Moravians, etc. To which is subjoined, A List of Errors, especially since the Reformation. (1771, Volume 2)

The General History of the Christian Church (Volume 2), by John Brown of Haddington, covers the fifteenth century A.D. to the seventeenth century A.D., plus the appendix.