 | William Wilson - 1866 - 460 Seiten
...advertisement to that work, published in 173G, speaks of the infidelity of his time, as follows : — " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...subject of inquiry; but that it is now, at length, discocered to he fictitious. And, accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1866 - 300 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Abel Stevens - 1866 - 288 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1904 - 626 Seiten
...claimed the victory. When Bishop Butler published his " Analogy," in 1736, he says in the preface : " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be... | |
 | Frank Knight Chaplin - 1927 - 184 Seiten
...granted by many persons that Christianity was not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it was now at length discovered to be fictitious. "And accordingly they treat it as if in the present age this were agreed among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject... | |
 | 1869 - 882 Seiten
...had fallen in Kngland. " It is come, I know not how, that Christianity is not so much as a subject rf inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of... | |
 | 1912 - 666 Seiten
...the banner of Christ still flying. Surely Mr. Powell has not forgotten Bishop Butler's lament that ' it is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious.' Again, in the first part of the nineteenth century, the bloody issue of the French Revolution and its... | |
 | Peter Gay - 1995 - 596 Seiten
...believe in the gospels,"4 and only a few years later, in 1736, Bishop Butler sardonically reported, "It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject of enquiry; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as... | |
 | William Law - 1978 - 548 Seiten
...own. Joseph Butler wrote, in the 'Advertisement' to the first edition of his famous Analogy (1736), "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 it... | |
 | Kenneth Hylson-Smith - 1992 - 423 Seiten
...the comments of Bishop Butler. Writing in 1736 he bemoaned a general decay and disregard of religion: It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...by many persons, that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious And accordingly they... | |
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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. 
