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Page 42
... ancient nations admitted new objects of worship into the number of their acknowledged divinities , or the patience with which they might entertain proposals of this kind , we can argue nothing as to their toleration of a system , or of ...
... ancient nations admitted new objects of worship into the number of their acknowledged divinities , or the patience with which they might entertain proposals of this kind , we can argue nothing as to their toleration of a system , or of ...
Page 44
... ancient heathens considered religion entirely as an affair of State , as much under the tuition of the magistrate as any other part of the police . The religion of that age was not merely allied to the State ; it was incorporated into ...
... ancient heathens considered religion entirely as an affair of State , as much under the tuition of the magistrate as any other part of the police . The religion of that age was not merely allied to the State ; it was incorporated into ...
Page 47
... ancient Romans and other Pagans seldom objected to the addition of a new god to their list ; and it is said that some of them actually did propose to enrol Jesus among the number . This was quite consonant to the genius of their ...
... ancient Romans and other Pagans seldom objected to the addition of a new god to their list ; and it is said that some of them actually did propose to enrol Jesus among the number . This was quite consonant to the genius of their ...
Page 50
... ancient prejudices ; to silence shrines , sanctified by the veneration of ages as oracular ; to consign all those gorgeous temples to decay , and all those images to contempt ; to wean the people from every barbarous and dissolute ...
... ancient prejudices ; to silence shrines , sanctified by the veneration of ages as oracular ; to consign all those gorgeous temples to decay , and all those images to contempt ; to wean the people from every barbarous and dissolute ...
Page 57
... ancient records , or indeed any species of testimony , it is , in my opinion , of the greatest importance to attend to the information or grounds of argument which are casually and undesignedly disclosed ; foras- much as this species of ...
... ancient records , or indeed any species of testimony , it is , in my opinion , of the greatest importance to attend to the information or grounds of argument which are casually and undesignedly disclosed ; foras- much as this species of ...
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