And (to the honor of the chriſtians of the præſent age, and of our own nation, be it ſpoken!) there never was a time, or place, where chriſtianity was the prævaleing religion, that ſuch perſons could have had more liberty to do their utmoſt, to overthrow the truth and genuineneſſe of the ſacred writeings;[…]The power of truth was great, and did prævale.[…]; but that, in all other caſes, where there was prævaleing evidence, the argument would hold, though not ſo ſtrongly: that rational chriſtians apprehend that there is prævaleing, and abundant, evidence, of the truth of chriſtianity;[…]But, ſuppoſe a man hath been educated, in a country, where the true religion prævales;
Does that mean that it holds a majority of Christians as its subjects? That it was founded by Christians? That it must hold only to what Christians say, ignoring Jews, Muslims, non-deists, pandeists, and all other non-Christians?
2013, Liz Ferguson, Twenty years of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock! What do you think, Cumberbabes? , The Gazette (Montreal), 13 March 2013 (only used in title)
