...the analogy of nature. And therefore, though objections against the evidence of Christianity are most seriously to be considered ; yet objections against...measure, frivolous ; almost all objections against it, except those which are alleged against the particular proofs of its coming from God." or for a reverie...

...against Christianity itself are, in a great measure, frivolous ; almost all objections against it, except those which are alleged against the particular proofs of its coming from God." or for a reverie of the heated religious imagination. No, believe it, a mystery is none of these things....

...of the most eminent and enlightened among the dignitaries of the English Church has left on record : "I express myself with caution lest I should be mistaken...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself : or be understood to assert that a supposed revelation cannot E need...

...Thus Bishop Butler,^4na/.,II.c.iii.: "Though objections against the evidence of Christianity are most seriously to be considered, yet objections against...excepting those which are alleged against the particular pnwfs of its coming from God. I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken to vilify reason;...

...however, from endorsing the doctrine of Bishop Wilson. " I express myself with caution," says he,1 "lest I should be mistaken to vilify reason, which...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself, or be misunderstood to assert that a supposed revelation cannot be...

...the consequences of them will be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? " " I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself." Such was Butler's fidelity to that wicred light to which religion...

...law we are born under ; " a man so staunch in his respectful allegiance to reason, a man who says : " I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself ; " a man, finally, so deeply and evidently in earnest, filled with...

...that they see reason.' ' I express myself with caution,' says Bishop Butler in a well-known passage, ' lest I should be mistaken to vilify reason, which...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself.' ' And in blending reason with conscience we have, we think, the...

...frivolous ; for he says : — " I express myself with caution, lest I should he mistaken to villify reason, which is indeed the only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself ; or be misunderstood to assert that a supposed revelation cannot...

...extent of our incapacity for judging beforehand as to the probable contents of a Divine revelation, I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself." * * Butler's "Analogy," book ii. chap. 3. CHAPTEE V. THE REQUIREMENTS...