...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...

...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...

...wonder neither Mr. Pattison nor Mr. Stephen refer to them. "I express myself with caution," he says, "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...

...human reason. I feel that I hazard nothing in accepting that issue. Bishop Butler tells us, "Keason is the only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning any thing, even revelation itself." From that starting-point I see an open highway to a theistic faith and a Christian life. Many obstacles...

...of Christianity and objections against Christianity itself, writes in his wise and guarded way : ' I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even revelation itself.' In these days we are often inclined to be afraid of exercising our...

...Butler, Anal.,II.c. Hi. : "Though objections against the evidence of Christianity are most seriously to be considered, yet objections against Christianity...is, indeed, the only faculty we have wherewith to jndge concerning anything, even Revelation itself: or be misunderstood to assert that a supposed revelation...

...following passage of Bishop Butler: — "I express myself with caution lest I should be misunderstood to vilify 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 be...

...be what they will be ; why, then, should we desire to be deceived ? ' And he believed in reason. ' I express myself with caution, lest I should be mistaken...only faculty we have wherewith to judge concerning anything, even religion itself.' Such was Butler's fidelity to that sacred light to which religion...