 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740 - 488 pages
...would have reached but to a fmall Part of Mankind. Chriftianity muft have been, in a great Degree, funk and forgot in a very few Ages. To prevent this, appears to have been one Reafon, why a vifible Church was inftituted : to be, like a City upon a Hill, a flanding Memorial to... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 pages
...proved, religion to their contemporaries ; the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been,...why a visible church was instituted ; to be, like a citv upon a hill, a standing memorial to the world of the duty which we owe our Maker : to call men... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1819 - 256 pages
...proved, religion to their cotemporaries, the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been,...very few ages. To prevent this, appears to have been ons reason why a visible church was instituted; to be like a city upon a hill, a standing memorial... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1824 - 484 pages
...proved, religion to their contemporaries; the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been,...appears to have been one reason, why a visible church \vas instituted : to be, like a city upon a hill, a standing memorial to the world of the duty which... | |
 | William Patrick Palmer - 1838 - 638 pages
...proved, religion to their contemporaries, the benefit of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been...we owe our Maker; to call men continually, both by precept and instruction, to attend to it, and by the form of religion ever before their eyes, remind... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...proved, religion to their contemporaries, the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been, in a great degree, sunk and forgot ma very few ages. To prevent this, appears to have been one reason why a visible church was instituted;... | |
 | John Armstrong (bp. of Grahamstown.) - 1839 - 568 pages
...proved religion to their cotemporaries ; the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been in a great degree sunk and forgot in a few ages. To prevent this appears to have been one reason why a visible Church was established ; to... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1843 - 358 pages
...proved, religion to their contemporaries the benefits of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been, in a great degree, sunk and forgot in a very few agos. To prevent this appears to have been one reason why a visible church was instituted ; to be,... | |
 | Moses Margoliouth - 1843 - 330 pages
...preached throughout the whole world. The Church of Christ is, to the present day, " like a city set upon a hill, a standing memorial to the world of the duty which we owe to our Maker ; to call men continually, both by example and instruction, to attend to it, and by the... | |
 | Nathaniel Smith Richardson - 1847 - 420 pages
...proved religion to their contemporaries, the benefit of their instructions would have reached but to a small part of mankind. Christianity must have been...we owe our Maker; to call men continually, both by precept and inTHE CHURCH A VISIBLE SOCIETY. 27 struction, to attend to it, and by the form of religion... | |
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Christianity must have been, in a great degree, sunk and forgot in a very few ages. To prevent this appears to have been one reason why a visible church was instituted; to be, like a city upon a hill, a standing memorial to the world of the duty which... 
