 | Thomas Baker - 1869 - 738 pages
...opinion, that whatever renders religion more rational, renders it more credible; 3° that he who, by a diligent and faithful examination of the original...the experience, or the reasoning of mankind, does moro towards recommending the belief, and, with the belief, the influence of Christianity, to the understandings... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1870 - 700 pages
...which has been fastened upon it. ' He ' who dismisses from the system ' any such useless appendage ' does more towards recommending the belief, and, with...the belief, the influence of Christianity, to the understand' ings and consciences of serious enquirers, and through ' them to universal reception and... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1872 - 446 pages
...dismisses from his system one article which contradicts the apprehension, the experience, or the reason of mankind, does more towards recommending the belief,...the belief, the influence of Christianity, to the understanding and consciences of serious inquirers, and through them to universal reception, than can... | |
 | 1919 - 426 pages
...and urged that ' whatever renders religion more rational renders it more credible ; that he who by a diligent and faithful examination of the original...which contradicts the apprehension, the experience, the reasoning of mankind, does more towards recommending the belief — and, with the belief, the influence... | |
 | 1838 - 418 pages
...remarks ; ' That whatever renders religion more rational, renders it more credible ; that he who, by a diligent and faithful examination of the original...Christianity, to the understandings and consciences of serious inquirers, and through them to universal reception and authority, than can be effected by a thousand... | |
 | 1837 - 390 pages
...religious lesson. " Whatever renders religion more rational, renders it more credible ; he who, by a diligent and faithful examination of the original...Christianity, to the understandings and consciences of serious inquirers, and through them to universal reception and authority, than can be effected by a thousand... | |
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I think, a just opinion, that whatever renders religion more rational, renders it more credible ; that he who, by a diligent and faithful examination of the original records, dismisses from the system one article which contradicts the apprehension, the... 
