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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... "
The Dublin Review - Page 117
edited by - 1841
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 41

Tobias Smollett - 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...
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London Review of English and Foreign Literature, Volume 3

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...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 55

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 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...
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Prospect: Or, View of the Moral World, Volume 1

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...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2

Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 pages
...the Christian faith obtained so Christian- remarkable a victory over the established religions fry. of the earth. To this inquiry, an obvious but satisfactory...ruling providence of its great Author. But as truth and reason seldom find so favourable a reception in the world, and as the wisdom of Providence frequently...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2

Edward Gibbon - 1810 - 462 pages
...prompted to inquire by "eowthbof wna' mealls the Christian faith obtained so remarkable Christian*- a victory over the established religions of the earth....ruling providence of its great Author. But as truth and reason seldom find so favourable a reception in the world, and as the wisdom of Providence frequently...
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The Apology of Theophilus Lindsey on Resigning the Vicarage of Catterick ...

Theophilus Lindsey - 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...
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Two Apologies: One for Christianity in a Series of Letters Addressed to ...

Richard Watson - 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....
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2

Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 520 pages
...-faith obtained so remarkable growth of a victory over the established religions of the earth. J^'8'1" To this inquiry, an obvious but satisfactory answer...ruling providence of its great Author. But as truth and reason seldom find so favourable a reception in the world, and as the wisdom of Providence frequently...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 4

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,...
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