 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...  A Dictionary of English Church History - Page 80by Gordon Crosse - 1912 - 672 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740 - 488 pages
...ADVERTISEMENT. per Force of the following Treatife, lies in the whole general Analogy confidered together. It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many Perfons, that Chriftianity is not fo much as a Subject of Inquiry ; but that it is, now at length,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1765 - 488 pages
...together. It is 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,... | |
 | 1869
...Butler wrote, in these deplorable terms, of the state of religion which he then saw around him : — " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...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... | |
 | 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 • that Christianity is not so much a subject of inquiry, but ' that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. . . . On ' the contrary,... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 pages
...the proper force of the following treatise, lies in the whole general analogy considered together. It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...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,... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1807 - 508 pages
...that the whole kingdom of England was tending fast to infidelity. " It is come," says bishop Butler, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of enquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious ; and accordingly they treat it... | |
 | 1807 - 612 pages
...be said of 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... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1807 - 662 pages
...affecting description of t!ii«, by bishop Butler, whom none will suspect of exaggerating the fact: •" It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by inarw- persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, untv at... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 498 pages
...that the whole kingdom of England was lending fast to infidelity. u It is come," says bishop Butler, " I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a •ubject of enquiry ; but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious ; and 'accordingly... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1810 - 556 pages
...affecYing defcription of this, by bifhop Butler, whom none will fufpedr. of exaggerating the facT: : ' It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many perfons, that chriftianity is not fo much as a fubjedl of inquiry; but that it is, now at length, difcovered... | |
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