 enough in certain points, if divines had not been too curious, or too narrow, in reducing orthodoxy within the compafs of fubtleties, niceties, and diftinctions, with little warrant from Scripture, and lefs from reafon or good policy. I never faw, heard,...  The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ... - Page 356by Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1765Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 514 pages
...they have no influence on the conduct of my life. I believe that thousands of men would be orthodox enough in certain points, if divines had not been...curious, or too narrow, in reducing orthodoxy within the compass of subtleties, niceties, and distinctions, with little warrant from Scripture, and less from... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1890 - 344 pages
...be pliant, elastic, and alive. I believe, said Dean Swift, that thousands of men would be orthodox enough in certain points, if divines had not been too curious, or too Divines too narrow, in reducing orthodoxy within the c /""££-™. compass of subtleties, niceties,... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1890 - 384 pages
...be pliant, elastic, and alive. I believe, said Dean Swift, that thousands of men would be orthodox enough in certain points, if divines had not been too curious, or too Divines to narrow, in reducing orthodoxy within the compass of subtleties, niceties, and distinctions,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1900 - 352 pages
...they have no influence on the conduct of my life. I believe that thousands of men would be orthodox enough in certain points, if divines had not been...curious, or too narrow, in reducing orthodoxy within the compass of subtleties, niceties, and distinctions, with little warrant from Scripture and less from... | |
 | Eduard Engel - 1902 - 516 pages
...to say or swear they believe, and to act as if they believed ; you can go no farther. I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1910 - 492 pages
...the Divine nature which mankind cannot possibly comprehend." 3 " Thousands of men would be orthodox enough in certain points, if divines had not been...curious or too narrow in reducing orthodoxy within the compass of subtleties, niceties and distinctions with little warrant from Scripture and less from reason... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...(1771-1845) British clergyman, writer. Quoted in Memoir, vol. 1, ch. 9, Lady Holland (1855). 13 I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pages
...no Church, than to be bitter for any. William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude (1693) $6 I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.... | |
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