 | Matthew Baxter - 1865 - 534 pages
...year 1736, says, in the advertisement to that great work: " It is come, I know not how, to be tuken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject for inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and accordingly they treat... | |
 | William Wilson - 1866 - 460 pages
...advertisement to that work, published in 173G, speaks of the infidelity of his time, as follows : — " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discocered to he fictitious. And, accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1866 - 300 pages
...extremity of decline. " It has come," he says, " to be taken for granted that Christianity is no longer a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly it is treated as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all persons of discernment,... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1866 - 288 pages
...extremity of decline. " It has come," he says, "to be taken for granted that Christianity is no longer a subject of inquiry; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly it is treated as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all persons of discernment,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1867 - 350 pages
...philosophy, patient thought, and purity of morals. So that, in the language of Butler, " it had come to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of investigation, bu t that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and accordingly they treat... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1867 - 426 pages
...here, will do what he pleases with me Weafter; and he knows best what to do. May he bless youl'" WBK not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is i ;w, at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age,... | |
 | 1868 - 658 pages
...Frenchmen to give a Christian preacher a fair hearing. Bishop Butler, speaking of his own days, says, " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...is now at length discovered to be fictitious ;" and he appears to think that it will be a great matter if he can convince men that " it is not, however,... | |
 | 1868 - 656 pages
...Frenchmen to give a Christian preacher a fair hearing. Bishop Butler, speaking of his own days, says, " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...is now at length discovered to be fictitious ;" and he appears to think that it will be a great matter if he can convince men that " it is not, however,... | |
 | 1868 - 874 pages
...should occur, day's " Record " ? Tuni now to Bishop Butler. His anxiety is in an opposite direction. " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject for inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat... | |
 | 1868 - 556 pages
...now to Bishop Butler. His anxiety is in an opposite direction. " It is come, I know not how, to bo taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject for inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat... | |
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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... 
