 When the 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 offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion,...  An History of the Corruptions of Christianity - Page 457by Joseph Priestley - 1793Full view - About this book
 | John Adams - World history - 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 - Chronology, Historical - 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... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 520 pages
...precepts, of the gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted bygreat numbers of every religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman empire. The ancient Christians were animated by a contempt for their present Dr. Jortio has argued that point... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1824 - 300 pages
...(though Mr. Gibbon has contrived to persuade himself that it is no wonder at all) should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman Empire. The fact itself is indisputable : the difficulty is> on any ordinary principles, to account for it.... | |
 | John Henry Hopkins - Apologetics - 1833 - 194 pages
...observing the precepts of the Gospel, 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.' For it seems to us that if, as he correctly states, this doctrine was previously rejected with contempt,... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - Church history - 1840 - 464 pages
...observing the precepts of the Gospel, 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. The ancient Christians were animated by a contempt for their present existence, and by a just confidence... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1850 - 658 pages
...it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great nnmbers of revery religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman empire. The ancient Christians were animated by a contempt for their present existence, and by a just confidence... | |
 | 1851 - 372 pages
...observing the precepts of the gospel, 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. The ancient Christians were animated by a contempt for their present existence, and by aj ust confidence... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1851 - 656 pages
...the gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great nnmbers of every religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman empire. The ancient Christians were animated by a contempt for their present existence, and by a just confidence... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 pages
...Christians, precepts, of the Gospel, 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. The ancient Christians were animated by a contempt for their present existence, and by a just confidence... | |
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