 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 pages
...testimony of Bishop Butler to the prevalence of Infidelity is very remarkable. " It is come," says he, " I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not this decay in sacred literature, we need only notice this fact. The Hebrew language, which is the source... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1815 - 546 pages
...that the whole kingdom of England was Unding fast to infidelity. " It is cane," says b shop Bullir, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons,...Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; bnt that it is n/iw at length discovered to be fictitious -, and accordingly they treat it as if,... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 548 pages
...aiFectiug description of this by Bishop Butler, whom none will suspect of exaggerating the fact : ' It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...by many persons, that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry, but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious ; and accordingly... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 566 pages
...of this by Bishop Butler, whom none will suspect of exaggerating the fact : ' It is come, I knownot how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry, but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious ; and accordingly... | |
 | Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour - 1820 - 326 pages
...affecting description of this, by Bishop Butler, whom none Will suspect of exaggerating the fact:* — " It is come I know not how, to be taken for granted, that christianity is not so much as a subject of enquiry: but that it is, now at length, discovered... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1821 - 616 pages
...that the whole kingdom of England was tending fast to infidelity. " It is come," says bishop Butler, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of enquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious ; and accordingly they treat it... | |
 | John Bristed - 1822 - 524 pages
...Religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature," written in May, 1736, — "it is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discovered... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1824 - 628 pages
...England was tending fast to infidelity. "It is come," says bishop Butler, "I know not how, to be iaken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of enquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious; and accordingly they treat it as... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1829 - 614 pages
...that the whole kingdom of England was tending fast to infidelity. " It is come," says Bishop Butler, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons,...that Christianity, is not so much as a subject of enquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious; and accordingly they treat it as... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 pages
...influence of grace.' 1 Bishop Butler, in the Advertisement to his Analogy, published in 1736, says — « It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...by many persons, that Christianity is not so much an object of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly, they... | |
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It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this... 
