 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 404 Seiten
...than that in which Bishop Butler, in the preface to his great defence of revealed religion, remarks, "It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is before we adopt any opinion or assertion of Bolingbroke's, ia to consider whether in writing it he... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 Seiten
...than that in which Bishop Butler, in the preface to his great defence of revealed religion, remarks, "It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is before we adopt any opinion or assertion of Bolingbroke's, is to consider whether in writing it he... | |
 | D. W. Clark - 1856 - 450 Seiten
...skepticism was almost universal. Bishop Butler, in the preface to his Analogy, dated 1786, remarks: " 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... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Association (England) - 1856 - 456 Seiten
...skepticism was almost universal. Bishop Butler, in the preface to his Analogy, dated 1786, remarks : " 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... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1857 - 444 Seiten
...we are only following the footsteps of the profound author of the "Analogy," who finding it, he knew not how, " to be taken for granted, by many persons,...Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry," set himself, in the first instance, to prove " that it is not, however, so clear a case that there... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1857 - 442 Seiten
...we are only following the footsteps of the profound author of the "Analogy," who finding it, he knew not how, " to be taken for granted, by many persons,...Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry," set himself, in the first instance, to prove " that it is not, however, so clear a case that there... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1857 - 436 Seiten
...we are only following the footsteps of the profound author of the "Analogy," who finding it, he knew not how, " to be taken for granted, by many persons,...Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry," set himself, in the first instance, to prove " that it is not, however, so clear a case that there... | |
 | 1857 - 380 Seiten
...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, but that it is now at length, discovered to be fictitious, and accordingly they treat... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1857 - 514 Seiten
...religion. However, the proper force of the following treatife lies in the whole general analogy confidered together. It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many perfons, that Chriftianity is not fo much as a fubject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length,... | |
 | HODGES SMITH - 1857 - 778 Seiten
...against heresy, BO heresy now pleaded prescription against Christianity. " It has come," says Butler, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is net so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And... | |
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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... 
