 | Tobias Smollett - 1776 - 526 sivua
...fatisfaftory anfwer may be returnsd. That it was owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine itfelf, and to the ruling providence of its great Author. But as truth and reafon feldoni iincl fo favourable a reception in the world, and as the wifdom of Providence frequently... | |
 | 1776 - 586 sivua
...over the eftabljlhed religions of the earth. To this enquiry, an obvious but fatisfacbry anfwermay be returned, That it was owing to the convincing evidence of the doârine itfelf, and to the ruling providence of its great Author. But as truth and reafon feldom find... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1777 - 588 sivua
...victory over the eftablilhed religions of the earth. To this inquiry, an obvious but fatisfaelory anfwer may be returned ; that it was owing to the convincing evidence of the dottrine itfelf, and to the ruling providence of its great Author. But as truth and reafon feldom find... | |
 | 1803 - 430 sivua
...faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry, an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned. That it was owing to the convincing eyidence of the doctrine itself and to the ruling providence of its great author. But as truth and... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1818 - 422 sivua
...faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned,...and to the ruling providence of its great Author." It is not easy to imagine that the writer of this paragraph should be any other than a sincere believer... | |
 | 1840 - 520 sivua
...so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the east? To this inquiry, an obvious and satisfactory answer may be returned, that it was owing...and to the ruling providence of its great Author." 4. LORD HERBERT. "Christianity is the best of all religions." 5. LORD BYRON. "If a man was ever God,... | |
 | 1823 - 616 sivua
...obtained so remarkable victory over the established religions of the East ? To this inquiry an obvious and satisfactory answer may be returned, that it was owing...evidence of the DOCTRINE itself, and to the ruling FROVIJDENCE of its great author. ' p. 499. On the remaining part of his journey to Constantinople,... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - 1825 - 650 sivua
...remarkable a victory :r the established religions of the East ? To this inquiry, an HH obvious and satisfactory answer may be returned, that it was owing...the convincing evidence of the doctrine itself, and the ruling providence of its great Author." — Gibbon. " It has God for its author, salvation for... | |
 | 1830 - 690 sivua
...far from this, he speaks of it as " the divine revelation," and says that its success was primarily " owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine itself,...and to the ruling providence of its Great Author."^ The writers here mentioned are among those who, by common consent, have long been denominated Deists... | |
 | 1830 - 684 sivua
...far from this, he speaks of it as " the divine revelation," and says that its success was primarily " owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine itself, and to the ruling providence of its Great Author "\ The writers here mentioned are among those who, by common consent, have long been denominated Deists... | |
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Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned ; that it was owing to the... 
