 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 610 sider
...Analogy to prop the tottering faith which he said, in his preface, had come to be considered no longer a subject of inquiry, " but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious ;" and Warburton wrote his " Divine Legation." Churchmen were found among the master-minds of the English... | |
 | 1852 - 444 sider
...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, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and accordvoL. ix. 32 ingly... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1853 - 478 sider
...simplicity, in the preface to his great work. " It is come," says he, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not...that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious On the contrary, thus much at least will here be found, not taken for granted, but proved, that any... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1853 - 470 sider
...simplicity, in the preface to his great work. " It is come," says he, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not...that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious On the contrary, thus much at least will here be found, not taken for granted, but proved, that any... | |
 | 1853 - 330 sider
...not how, to be talen for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so ranch as a subject for inquiry ; but that it is now, at length, discovered...accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age/* — (last century) — "this were an agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remain»... | |
 | George H. Harwood - 1854 - 266 sider
...measure, withdrawn and gone." In 1736, Bishop Butler says, " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons that christianity is not so...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
 | 1854 - 544 sider
...' It is come, ' I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, ' that Christianity is now not so much as a subject of inquiry ; ' but that it...they treat it as if in the present age this were an ' agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing ' remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
 | 1878 - 876 sider
...when tie said, that " it had come to be taken for granted that Christianity is no longer a subject for inquiry, but that it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious ;" and he wrote his great work for the purpose of arguing the reasonableness of the Christian religion even... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 382 sider
...philosophy, patient thought, and purity of morals. In the language of Butler, " it had come to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 424 sider
...here, will do what he pleases with me hereafter; and he knows best what to do. May he bless you!'" WBK not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment; and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
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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 were... 
