 | Joseph Priestley - 1793 - 516 sider
...gofpel, it is • Hiftory, vol. ip j6 1 . "no *e no wonder that fo advantageous an offer fhould ** be accepted by great numbers of every religion, " of...rank, and of every province in the " Roman empire." Now it is certainly no difcredit to chriftianity, that the views it exhibits of a future ftate appeared... | |
 | John Adams - 1795 - 480 sider
...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 - 1818 - 440 sider
...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... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1824 - 300 sider
...When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind, on condition of adopting the faith and observing the precepts of the Gospel, it is no wonder,...every rank, and of every province in the Roman Empire. I wish not to be captious : but of this conclusion I can no more see the validity, than I could discern... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1824 - 454 sider
...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...by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, of every province." who first embraced the religion of Jesus, had no notion of a gratuitous offer of... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - 1824 - 464 sider
...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 ofter should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, of every province."... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 sider
..."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 such an advantageous offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every rank and every province... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1841 - 348 sider
...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 such an advantageous offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every rank and every province... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1844 - 380 sider
...'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 such an advantageous offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every rank and every province... | |
 | 1851 - 372 sider
...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...by a contempt for their present existence, and by aj ust confidence of immortality, of which the doubtful and imperfect faith of modern ages cannot give... | |
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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,... 
