 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...  The Panoplist, Or, the Christian's Armory - Page 4271807Full view - About this book
 | George Balderston Kidd - Messiah - 1852 - 694 pages
...follows. " It is come, 1 "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, dis" covered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present - age, this were... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1852 - 610 pages
...Analogy to prop the tottering faith which he said, in his preface, had come to be considered no longer a subject of inquiry, " but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious ;" and Warburton wrote his " Divine Legation." Churchmen were found among the master-minds of the English... | |
 | Universalism - 1852 - 444 pages
...taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of investigation, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious, and accordvoL. ix. 32 ingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1912 - 666 pages
...lament that ' 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.' Again, in the first part of the nineteenth century, the bloody issue of the French Revolution and its... | |
 | Peter Gay - History - 1995 - 596 pages
...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....subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world."5 These are strong words,... | |
 | William Law - Religion - 1978 - 548 pages
...not how, to be taken for granted by many persons that Christianity is not so much as a subject for inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." In England, the 18th century... | |
 | Kenneth Hylson-Smith - Religion - 1992 - 423 pages
...is come, I 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,...subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.13 The revival preachers could... | |
 | C. John Sommerville - History - 1992 - 238 pages
...eighteenth century that "It has come to be taken for granted that Christianity is not so much a subject for inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious." 28 Such quotations, while always ambiguous, could be multiplied endlessly and may even have had a self-fulfilling... | |
 | Richard Sibbes - Religion - 1995 - 376 pages
...words ; eg, ' 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...an agreed point among all people of discernment,' (Preface to ' The Analogy '). (A) ' The whole world was darkened.' This remains matter of debate. The... | |
 | John Farrelly - Religion - 1997 - 354 pages
...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....subject of mirth and ridicule, as it were by way of reprisals for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world."**4 Thus the leadership in... | |
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