 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1740 - 488 pages
...there feems no Difficulty at all in thefe Precepts, but what arifes from their being Offences : /. e. from their being liable to be perverted, as indeed they are, by wicked defigning Men, to ferve the moft horrid Purpofes; and perhaps, to miflead the weak and enthufiaftick.... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1804 - 462 pages
...there seems no difficulty at all in these precepts, but what arises -from their being offences : ie from their being liable to be perverted, as indeed...a trial ; and against the general constitution of nature. Secondly, Reason is able to judge, and must, of the evidence of revelation, and of the objections... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1807 - 520 pages
...there seems no difficulty at all in " these precepts, but what arises from their being offences, "ie from their being liable to be perverted (as indeed " they are) by wicked and designing men, to serve the " most horrid purposes, and perhaps to mislead the weak " and enthusiastic... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1813 - 496 pages
...there seems no difficulty at all in these precepts, but what arises from their being offences ; ie from their being liable to be perverted, as indeed...as a trial; and against the general constitution of nature. Sec&fidtyi Reason is able to judge, and must, of the evidence of revelation, and of the objections... | |
 | Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1819 - 256 pages
...there seems no difficulty at all in these precepts, but what arises from their being o'ffences, ie from their being liable to be perverted, as indeed...as a trial, and against the general constitution of nature. Secondly, reason is able to judge, and must, of the evidence of revelation, and of the objections... | |
 | Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1819 - 362 pages
...there seems no difficulty at all in these precepts, but what arises from their being offences ; ie from their being liable to be perverted, as indeed...a trial ; and against the general constitution of nature. Secondly, Keason is able to. judge, and must, of the evidence of revelation, and of the objections... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1820 - 264 pages
...from their being offences, ie from their being liable to be perverted, as indeed they are, bywicked designing men, to serve the most horrid purposes;...as a trial, and against the general constitution of nature. Secondly, reason is able to judge, and must, of the evidence of revelation, and of the objections... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 pages
...in these precepts, " hut what arises from their beiwj offences: ie from their being liable to " b c perverted, as indeed they are, by wicked designing men, to serve the infliction of death in this case is a duty, not a crime. Now what we contend for is, ihat with regard... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1831 - 528 pages
...but what arises from their being " offences : ie from their being liable to be perverted, as iudeed they are, by wicked ' designing men, to serve the...most horrid purposes ; and, perhaps, to mislead the derer ; but if a criminal is convicted of atrocious guilt, condemned by the solemn decision of the... | |
 | 1834 - 588 pages
...there seems no difficulty at all in these precepts* but what arises from their being offences ; ie from their being liable to be perverted, as indeed...a trial ; and against the general constitution of nature. Secondly, reason is able to judge, and must, of the evidence of revelation, and of the objections... | |
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... enthusiastic. And objections from this head are not objections against revelation; but against the whole notion of religion, as a trial: and against the general constitution of nature. Secondly, Reason is able to judge, and must, of the evidence of... 
