 | Joseph Priestley - 1793 - 516 pages
...gofpel, it is • Hiftory, vol. ip j6 1 . "no *e no wonder that fo advantageous an offer fhould ** be accepted by great numbers of every religion, " of...rank, and of every province in the " Roman empire." Now it is certainly no difcredit to chriftianity, that the views it exhibits of a future ftate appeared... | |
 | John Adams - 1795 - 480 pages
...ftate. Eternal happinefs, therefore, on evangelic \\ conditions, \vas accepted bv great numbeis pf every religion, of every rank, and of every province, in the Roman empire. The final abolition of the pnctorian guards fucceencd the triumph of Conftantine; their fortified camp... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1818 - 440 pages
...and the promise of eternal happiness, on the condition of observing the precepts of the gospel, was accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every...rank, and of every province in the Roman empire. " The miraculous powers of the primitive church often conduced to the conviction of infidels. The apostles... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1824 - 300 pages
...promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind, on condition of adopting the faith and observing the precepts of the Gospel, it is no wonder, that...every rank, and of every province in the Roman Empire. I wish not to be captious : but of this conclusion I can no more see the validity, than I could discern... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1824 - 454 pages
...promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind, on condition of adopting the faith and of observing the precepts of the Gospel, it is no wonder that so...by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, of every province." who first embraced the religion of Jesus, had no notion of a gratuitous offer of... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1824 - 464 pages
...promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind, on condition of adopting the faith and of observing the precepts of the Gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an ofter should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, of every province."... | |
 | John Henry Hopkins - 1833 - 194 pages
...promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind, on condition of adopting the faith and of observing the precepts of the Gospel, it is no wonder that so...rank, and of every province in the Roman Empire.' For it seems to us that if, as he correctly states, this doctrine was previously rejected with contempt,... | |
 | 1851 - 372 pages
...of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind, on condition of adopting the faith, and of observing the precepts of the gospel, it is no wonder that so...by a contempt for their present existence, and by aj ust confidence of immortality, of which the doubtful and imperfect faith of modern ages cannot give... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 pages
...proposed to mankind among the on condition of adopting the faith, and of observing the Christians, precepts, of the Gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous...imperfect faith of modern ages cannot give us any Approaching adequate notion. In the primitive church the influence of world. truth was very powerfully... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...events. But she, with sick and scornful looks averse, To her full height her stately stature draws. The ancient Christians were animated by a contempt...existence, and by a just confidence of immortality. Overwhelmed by the sight, yet speechless, the priest and the maiden gazed on the scene of terror. I... | |
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... it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman empire. 
