...spirit of Iby the habits^ pfc , the $Mperstitipus, part of their toleration, ^gjyggtg,, Tfbfcivatjous modes of worship, which . prevailed; in, the Roman world, were all considered by-Tthe people as-equally true ; by tie philosopher, as equally jfalse ; and by the magistrate, .as...

...this occasion, and laid the foundation of his future .grandeur. Holcroft's Travek. THE various forms of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the_ people, as equally true; by the .philosopher, as equally false; aud by the magistrate as equally...

...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr. Gibbon : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful :" and I would ask,from which...

...measure depended. I am willing to accept the account of the matter which is given by Mr Gibbon : '* The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful:" and I would ask from which...

...Gibbon observes that "all the idolatrous systems of the heathen world were considered by the common, people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the politician as equally useful ;" and though Dr. C. does pot seem to go this length with regard to the...

...stated the fact, the various modes of worship which, before the birth of Jesus prevailed in the heathen world, " were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false."* And when he adds to this statement, that they were regarded " by the magistrate as equally useful," he...

...'the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the...equally false ; and by the magistrate, as equally usefu1. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence; but even religious concord. of the...

...gtvn a true account of the matter. «' «* The various modes of worship," s'aye Mr. Gibbto, '* wblck -prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful. — The devout p^olytheist, though fondly attached to his national rites, admitted, with implicit faith,...

...mem.; and another memoir on the same subject, and by the same author, in Tom. 18. mem. some truth, that "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful."* From which it would appear, that the wisest men of those days, wiser far than some of later times,...

...creed. Thus, as Mr. Gibbon expresses it, " The various forms of worship which prevailed in the Heathen world, were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the legislators as equally useful." Let any reflecting Theist...