 | Henri Édouard Schedel - 1858 - 510 sidor
...uses it. "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. . . On the contrary, thus much, at least, will be here found, not taken for granted, but proved, that... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1858 - 486 sidor
...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,... | |
 | 1859 - 712 sidor
...1736, "It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not » much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now...to be fictitious. And, accordingly, they treat it sis if in the present age this was an agreed point among all people of discernment, and nothing remained... | |
 | Sara S. Hennell - 1859 - 70 sidor
...in his introductory Advertisement, "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. . . . Thus much, at / least, will be here found, not taken for granted, but proved, that any reasonable... | |
 | Alfred Ollivant - 1860 - 94 sidor
...he says, " 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,...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisal, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." Similar testimonies might... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1860 - 494 sidor
...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...present age, this were an agreed point among all people • h of discernment ; and nothing remained, but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule,... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1860 - 402 sidor
...decline. "It is come," he says, " to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is no longer a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now at length...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were * Preface to An Humble Attempt toward the Revival of Practical Religion. Ed. 1735. t Hurrion's Sermons... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1860 - 530 sidor
...1709). Thirty years later, Butler writes that " it is come to bo taken for granted, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious. Accordingly, they treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all people of discernment,... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1860 - 506 sidor
...Thirty years later, Butler writes that " it is come to be taken for granted, that Christianity is not BO much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is now, at length, discovered to be fictitious. Accordingly, they treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed point among all people of discernment,... | |
 | Charles Henry Davis (of Wadham College, Oxford.) - 1861 - 122 sidor
...sentence : — " It is come, I kuow not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it...it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, aa it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." (ADVEUTISEMENT... | |
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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. 
