 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 were...  The Panoplist, Or, the Christian's Armory - Page 4271807Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1819 - 362 pages
...together. 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...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world. On the contrary, thus much,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1820 - 264 pages
...considered together. 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...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world. On the contrary, thus much,... | |
 | Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour - 1820 - 326 pages
...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 to be fictitious;...accordingly they treat it, as if in the present age, this was an agreed point among all people of discernment; and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1886 - 650 pages
...eighteenth century literature : " It is come to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is now at length discovered to be fictitious ; and,...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." And all he will undertake... | |
 | John Bristed - Anglican Communion - 1822 - 524 pages
...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...accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this was an agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
 | Charles Buck - Bible - 1823 - 614 pages
...come," says bishop Butler, " 1 know Dot how, to be taken tor granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreement among all people ot discernment, and nothing remained but to st-t it up as a principal subject... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1824 - 628 pages
...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;...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreement among all peo pie of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject... | |
 | John Fry - Church history - 1825 - 642 pages
...not so much as a subject of inquiry even ; and accordingly they treat it as if, in the present nge, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment,...subject of mirth and ridicule, — as it were by way of reprisal, for having so long interrupted the pleasure of the world." Such was the awful state of the... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 806 pages
...lamenting it was then ' taken for granted that Christianity was not so much as a subject of inquiry ; and accordingly they treat it as if, in the present...age, this were an agreed point among all people of discern¡ ment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule,... | |
 | Baptists - 1826 - 436 pages
...Christianity was not so muck as a subject of inquiry j and aecordingly they treat it as if, in th» present age, this were an agreed point among all people...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were, by way of reprisals for having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.' — At this awful and gloomyperiod,... | |
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