...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...so long interrupted the pleasures of the world.'" Originating soon after such an age as this, and throwing up so powerful and timely a bulwark against...

...fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present - age, this were an agreed point, among ah people of discernment; and nothing " remained, but...so long interrupted the pleasures of " the world." How much more hopeful is the aspect of the Christian came at present ! I add another remarkable testimony...

...grieved and offended, and he is, in a great measure, withdrawn and gone." In 1736, Bishop Butler says, " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." In 1738, Archbishop Seeker says, " Men have always complained of their own times, and always with too...

...reason, philosophy, patient thought, and purity of morals. In the language of Butler, "it had come to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." In times of such universal profligacy and ' infidelity arose, in succession, Locke, Newton, and Butler;...

...here, will do what he pleases with me hereafter ; and he knows best what to do. May he bless you!'" WBE not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is...so long interrupted the pleasures of the world."* This was said in 1736, and to such a state of things no man contributed more than Henry St. John, Yiscount...

...here, will do what he pleases with me hereafter; and he knows best what to do. May he bless you!'" WBK not so much as a subject of inquiry; but that it is...so long interrupted the pleasures of the world."* This was said in 1736, and to such a state of things no man contributed more than Henry St. John, Viscount...

...prefatory advertisement to that profound and powerful work he was constrained to write as follows : " It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted,...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." And at the close of that great work he said, " If men can go on to vilify or disregard Christianity,...

...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...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." Nor were the morals of the upper classes better than their creed. Marriage was despised; sisters, daughters,...

...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...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." Nor were the morals of the upper classes better than their creed. Marriage was despised; sisters, daughters,...

...at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age,this were an agreed point among all people of discernment,...having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world." And at the close of that great work he said, " If men can go' on to vilify or disregard Christianity,...