 | 1886 - 650 pages
...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...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." And all he will undertake to show is that "it is not so clear a case that there is nothing in it."... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1821 - 616 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...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." There is every reason to believe that the Methodists were the instruments of stemming this torrent.... | |
 | John Bristed - 1822 - 524 pages
...length, discovered to be fictitious ; and, accordingly, they treat it as if, in the present age, this was an agreed point among all people of discernment ;...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." In proportion as Whitfield's popularity increased, did his clerical brethren in the establishment oppose... | |
 | 1835 - 1024 pages
...necessary to its general rejection, but for some daring wit to set it up as a subject of ridicule, by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." " The mass of the population," says Foster, " were at that time as completely estranged from the page... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1823 - 614 pages
...among all people ot discernment, and nothing remained but to st-t it up as a principal subject «f mirth and ridicule, as it were, by way of reprisals...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." There is every reason to believe that the Methodists were the "instruments ot stemming this torrent.... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1824 - 628 pages
...fictitious; and accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreement among all peo pie m." See PRUDKNCE. DISDAIN, contempt, as unworthy of...opinion we have of ourselves; disdain on the low op There is every reason to believe that the Methodists were the instruments of stemming this torrent.... | |
 | John Fry - 1825 - 642 pages
...much as a subject of inquiry even ; and accordingly they treat it as if, in the present nge, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and...subject of mirth and ridicule, — as it were by way of reprisal, for having so long interrupted the pleasure of the world." Such was the awful state of the... | |
 | 1825 - 806 pages
...they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discern¡ ment, and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were, by i way of reprisals for having so long j interrupted the pleasures of the : world.' — At this awful... | |
 | 1826 - 436 pages
...muck as a subject of inquiry j and aecordingly they treat it as if, in th» present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment, and...and ridicule, as it were, by way of reprisals for having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.' — At this awful and gloomyperiod, the great... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1829 - 738 pages
...length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly, they treat it as if in the present age, this was an agreed point among all people of discernment, and...mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.' 2 1 See his Works, Vol. iii. p: 254. * The... | |
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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... 
