 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...  The Quarterly Christian Spectator - Page 6981830Full view - About this book
 | India - 1861 - 448 pages
...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....reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the plea* ' sures of the world.' It was this light and deriding state of th« public mind which evoked... | |
 | Will Jones - Clergy - 1845 - 720 pages
...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 fictitious ; and accordingly they treat ifc as if in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment; and nothing... | |
 | James Spencer Northcote - Nicene Creed - 1846 - 156 pages
...to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a matter of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious;...up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule." After this confession, we are not surprised to hear that Leland and other writers " abundantly prove,... | |
 | Christianity - 1846 - 1028 pages
...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....age, this were an agreed point among all people of dis' Gladstone's Church Principlei, pp. 452. 153. écriraient ; and nothing remained, but to set it... | |
 | American periodicals - 1847 - 698 pages
...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....having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." Then follows his profound and immortal work on the analogy of religion to the constitution and course... | |
 | T. Timpson - Great Britain - 1847 - 714 pages
...to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject for inquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were a.great point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal... | |
 | Abel Stevens, George Peck - Methodists - 1847 - 368 pages
...decline. " It has come 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,... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - Apologetics - 1848 - 632 pages
...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....having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world. On the contrary, thus much, at least, will be here found, not taken for granted, but proved, that any... | |
 | Author of Your place in Church is empty - Church attendance - 1849 - 1074 pages
...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....having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." And in 1 738, Archbishop Seeker says : — " An open and professed disregard to religion is become,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1849 - 602 pages
...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 tre-:u it, as if, in the presen rnent; and nothing remain as it were, by way of repr world." Advertisement,... | |
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