 | William Paley - 1824 - 391 páginas
...the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | William Paley - 1824
...the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :" and I woufd ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - 1825
...the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful:" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825
...historian of the Roman Empire observes : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Romau generations ; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ art fou (Gibbon's Rome, vol. i. ch. 2.) But «la Christianity began to spread extensive); and was found hostile... | |
 | 1825
...history of our own country in the present age. "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...equally false, and by the, magistrate as equally useful. The devout Polytheist, though fondly attached to his national rites, admitted, with implicit faith,... | |
 | 1825
...of our own country in the present age. ' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful. The devout Polytheist, though fondly attached to his national rites, admitted, with implicit; faith,... | |
 | William Paley - 1825
...the matter whieh is given by Mr. Gibbon: " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally fklse, and by the magistrate as equally useful;" and I wonld ask from which of these three classes... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1828 - 90 páginas
...true of nearly the whole ancient world. ' The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally...only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.' f Far different is the case with Christianity. It propounds no equivocal doctrines. It recognises no... | |
 | William Paley - 1828
...the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...false, and by the magistrate as equally useful:" and I would ask from which of these three classes of men were, the Christian missionaries to look for protection... | |
 | 1828
...described in the following passages of Gibbon : "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered, — by the people, as...false, — and by the magistrate, as equally .useful. " (Decl. & Fall, ch. 2, vol. 1, p. 46). " Notwithstanding the fashionable irreligion which prevailed... | |
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The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. 
