...but arduous duty of a Christian to preserve himself pure and undefiled by the practice of idolatry. The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without at the same time...

...Christian to preserve him- the Chrisself pure and undefiled by the practice of ido- idolatry. latry. The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time,...

...undefiled by the practice of idolatry. The reli^Qn o^ ^ie natjons was not merely a speculative doetrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples....circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time,...

...advantage which they drew from it. " It was moreover interwoven," as Mr Gibbon rightly represents it, " with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life, with all the offices and amusements of society." On the due celebration also of its rites, the people...

...against Christianity, surely applies to the difficulties now encountered in a heathen city like this. "The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them without, at the same time,...

...believe, authentic narrative. 1. In another place I observed, and even pressed the observation, " that the innumerable deities and rites of Polytheism were...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life ;" and I had particularly specified how much the Roman discipline was connected with...

...advantage which they drew from it. " It was moreover interwoven," as Mr. Gibbon rightly represents K, " with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life, with all the offices and amusements of society." On the due celebration also of its rites, the people...

...advantage which they drew from it. " It was moreover interwoven," as Mr. Gibbon rightly represents it, " with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life, with all the offices and amusements of society." On the due celebration also of its rites, the people...

...advantage which they drew from it. " It was moreover interwoven," as• Mr. Gibbon rightly represents it, "with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or private life, with all the offices and amusements of society." On the due celebration also of its rites, the people...

...preserve himself pure and undeiiled by the practice of idolatry. The religion of the nations was notfor merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools...circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life ; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time,...