 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...  English Literature in the Eighteenth Century - Sivu 50tekijä(t) Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 158 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740 - 488 sivua
...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 sivua
...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...fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the prefent Age, this were an agreed Point, among all People of Difcernment ; and nothing remained, but... | |
 | 1869
...Butler wrote, in these deplorable terms, of the state of religion which he then saw around him : — " 15.) In the Form of Solemnization of Matrimony, they...Matrimony ; — 1. Then shall begin the Communion, a people of discernment, and as if nothing remained, bat to set it up as a principal subject of mirth... | |
 | 1849 - 604 sivua
...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 sivua
...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,...present age, this were an agreed point, among all people of discernment; and nothing remained, but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule,... | |
 | 1807 - 612 sivua
...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...the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and Ridicule,... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1807 - 508 sivua
...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... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1807 - 662 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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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