Memoirs of the Life And Writings of John Jortin Dd
Memoirs of the Life And Writings of John Jortin Dd
John Disney
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D. 337 *. It has been obferved, that *' as foon as chriftian fo- cieties began, debates began, and as foon as chriflianity was by law eftabliflied, debates grew more violent -f/' The truth of the re- mark is confirmed by the hiftory of the chriftian church under Conftantine, who firft gave it the fuppofed external advantage of an eflabU(hment by the laws of the empire. A chriftian emperor was a new charader ^ but the faith which he was defirous to preferve and * Sec " Unlvcrful Hiftory, " vol. ...Xiv. P. 80 and 12c. f Sec Prefiicc to firft volume of " Remarks on E, H**" p. Xiii. ( ^23 ) and promote fuffered more from his protec- tion and patronage, than from the perfecu- tion of Diocletian. To die in a good caufe is gain to the faffe rer -, but to corrupt the chriflian faith by the application of imperial edifls, is to poifon the fountain, and to pro- trad its baneful . EfFecft fo long as the dream continues to flow. It is indeed one argument in favour of chriftianity, that it was able not only to fapport itfelf, but to furvive the heavy perfecutions of its followers, as it be- fpeaks the fuperintending providence of God and is itfelf a fulfilment of the predidlions of his prophets : but, fupported in its cor- ruptions by the fecular povv^er, it is fcarccly able to hold up its head, becaufe it ceafes to exhibit its native charms to the reafon- able underftar^ding of man, kind.
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