...misrepresentations of Gibbon put this out of sight, and would seem to imply that no sacrifice was required. " When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed...advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, of every province." who first embraced the religion of Jesus,...

...misrepresentations of Gibbon put this out of sight, and would seem to imply that no sacrifice was required. " When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed...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."...

...argument : and his conclusion, for so I presume it is meant to be, is summed up in the following terms. 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, that so advantageous an offer should have been...

...uncertainty and defects of other religions with regard to a future life, Mr. Gibbon concludes that when eternal happiness was proposed to mankind on condition of adopting the faith, and observing the precepts of the Gospel, it is no wonder that such an advantageous offer should have been...

...nothing to its evidence, or even probability: and it was still necessary that the doctrine of life and immortality, which had been dictated by nature,...divine truth from the authority and example of Christ. The resurrection of Lazarus was therefore an AD-- VENT of cardinal importance in the history of religion...

...character thus purified. - Tracts for the Times, No. 79, p. 46. It is thus that he expresses himself. " When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed...advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank, and of every province in the Roman empire. The ancient Christians...

...system, he omits, or misrepresents the principle which gave that doctrine life and efficacy. He says, "When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed...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...

...system, he omits, or misrepresents the principle which gave that doctrine life and efficacy. He says, " When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed...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...

...a form which omits, or rather disguises, the principle that gives it life and efficacy. He says, " 'When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed...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...

...Ac., ch. 1. VOL. III. NO. Till. tenet: — "It was necessary/' he says, "that the doctrine of life and immortality, which had been dictated by nature,...superstition, should obtain the sanction of divine truth."* We may not implausibly argue the congeniality of this tenet to human reason from the very weakness...