 | Joseph Butler - 1765 - 488 pages
...come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many Perions, that Chriftianity is not fo 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 prefent Age, this were an agreed Point, among all People... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...but deeply satirical simplicity, in the preface to his great work: — ' It is come,' says he, ' 1 know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons...may be as much assured ' as he is of his own being, that it is not, however, so clear ' that there is nothing in it.' The Christian, we conceive, may now... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 pages
...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 an agreed point, among all people... | |
 | 1807 - 612 pages
...orthodoxy : — " It is come — to be taken for granted, by many persons, that orthodoxy 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 an agreed point among all people... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1811 - 302 pages
...lie, "1 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 ng'e, this were an agreed point among ALT. PEOPLE... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1811 - 432 pages
..." 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 "an agreed point among ALL... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 pages
...language of the Old Testament is equally necessary. It is indispensable for those who would 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 an agreed point among ALL PEOPLE... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 350 pages
..." 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 " an agreed point among ALL... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 496 pages
...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 an agreed point among all people... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 548 pages
...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,...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... | |
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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... 
