 | Claudius Buchanan - Sermons - 1811 - 302 pages
...testimony of Bishop Rutler to thn prevalence of Inlidclity is very remarkable. "It is come," says lie, "1 know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons,...and, accordingly they treat it, as if in the present ng'e, this were an agreed point among ALT. PEOPLE ov IIISCP.KN.MCN i ; and that nothing remained but... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 350 pages
...of Bishop Butler, to the prevalence of in. fidelity, is very remarkable, " It is come," says he, " I know " not how, to be taken for granted, by many...age, this were " an agreed point among ALL PEOPLE or DISCERNMENT ; " and that nothing remained but to set it up as a principal " subject of mirth and... | |
 | John Gillies - 1812 - 326 pages
...affecting description of this, by Bishop Butler, whom none will suspect of exaggerating the fact :* '" It is come, 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 ; and accordingly they " treat... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 pages
...of Bishop Butler, to the prevalence of in. fidelity, is very remarkable, " It is come," says he, " I know " not how, to be taken for granted, by many...Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry : hot " that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious : and ' accordingly, they treat it as... | |
 | Missions - 1803 - 652 pages
...tjki-n for granted by many jjcrsuns, that Christianity is n^t so tnycli as a subject of enquiry ; biit that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious ; and accordingly they treat it as if, ia the present a,ge, this were an agreement among *tl people of ^iscenimtnr, and nothni;1, remained... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - Asia - 1812 - 424 pages
...testimony of Bishop Butler to the prevalence of Infidelity is very remarkable. " It is come," says he, " I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not this decay in sacred literature, we need only notice this fact. The Hebrew language, which is the source... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 496 pages
...the proper force of the following treatise, lies in the whole general analogy considered together, It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained, but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way... | |
 | Charles Buck - Theology - 1815 - 546 pages
...that the whole kingdom of England was Unding fast to infidelity. " It is cane," says b shop Bullir, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons,...Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; bnt that it is n/iw at length discovered to be fictitious -, and accordingly they treat it as if,... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 548 pages
...aiFectiug description of this by Bishop Butler, whom none will suspect of exaggerating the fact : ' 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... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 566 pages
...of this by Bishop Butler, whom none will suspect of exaggerating the fact : ' It is come, I knownot 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... | |
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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... 
