 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...  Memoir of the Rev. Rowland Hill, M.A. - Page 131de Will Jones - 1845 - 659 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1869
...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 an agreed point among all people of discernment, and as if nothing remained, bat to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule ; as it •were... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 pages
...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 an agreed point,...it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world. On the... | |
 | 1807 - 612 pages
...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 an agreed point...it up as a principal subject of mirth and Ridicule, as it were by way of re prisals, for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world."* Or... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1807 - 508 pages
...to be fictitious ; and accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreement among all people of discernment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a piincipal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were, by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1807 - 662 pages
...own remark upon this was j " Last Sunday in the afternoon, I preached my first sermon in the church if in the present age, this were an agreed point among all peoplf of discernment ; and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal *& ject of mirth and ridicule;... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 498 pages
...to be fictitious ; and 'accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreement among all people of discernment, and nothing remained...it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were, by way of reprisals for its having so lon;j interrupted the pleasures of the world." There... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1811 - 432 pages
...: but " that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious : and, " accordingly, they treat it as if in the present age, this were "an agreed point among ALL PEOPLE OF DISCERNMENT; and " that nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of " mirth and ridicule ; as it were,... | |
 | John Gillies - 1812 - 326 pages
...enquiry ; but that it is, now at " length, discovered to be fictitious ; and accordingly they " treat it as if in the present age this were an agreed " point among all people of discernment ; and nothing re"tnained but 10 set it-up as a principal subject of mirth " and ridicule ; as it were by way of reprisals... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 648 pages
...inquiry : hot " that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious : and ' accordingly, they treat it as if in the present age, this were ' an agreed point among ALL PEOPLE OF DISCERNMENT j ' and lhat nothing remained but to set it up i« a -principal 1 subject of mirth and ridicule ; aj... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 pages
...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 an agreed point among ALL PEOPLE or DisCERXMF.NT ; and that nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule... | |
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