 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1776 - 526 pages
...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... | |
 | Bibliography - 1776 - 586 pages
...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 - Books - 1777 - 588 pages
...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... | |
 | Christianity - 1803 - 430 pages
...which she contracted in a long residence upon earth, upon a weak and degenerate race of beings. . . Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by...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 - Unitarianism - 1818 - 422 pages
...when he begins more particularly to treat of what relates to Christians, he makes this opening : " Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by...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... | |
 | Richard Watson - Bible - 1820 - 492 pages
...deem to be true, to be the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. To the inquiry by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable...victory over the established religions of the earth, you rightly answer, by the evidence of the doctrine itself, and the ruling providence of its Author.... | |
 | 1840 - 520 pages
...continued lecture of the strictest morality, of justice, benevolence, and universal charity." 3. GIBBON. " Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire, by what means the Christian faith hath obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the east? To this inquiry,... | |
 | 1823 - 616 pages
...' pp. 4<97-> 499. • As a commentary on this story, he quotes the following passage from Gibbon. ' Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire, by what means the Christian faith hath obtained so remarkable victory over the established religions of the East ? To this inquiry an... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 650 pages
...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... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 676 pages
...Maker. Read the Bible every day of your life." — Dr. S. Johnson, on his death-bed, to a friend. " Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire, by what means the Christian faith hath obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the East ? To this inquiry,... | |
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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... 
