The Arguments of the Emperor Julian Against the Christians — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Vill PREFACE. _ and, As showing the weakness of Julian’s writings, and thus preventing the “conjecture,” and “longing regret” spoken of by the Cardinal. 3rd. To show that the flippant infidelity of the present day is drawn from the same source; and, that the objections are very similar. 4th. As a valuable work for students of early history, who will be glad to have in a small space the line of thought taken by the Persecutor of the Church of Christ. Infidels will find no new weapon, Christians will not be puzzled or have hard nuts to crack; but though this is so, yet 1 beg my Reader’s patience for a few minutes ere passing on to the ‘ Argu- ments.’ I take this opportunity, of saying, in what an unfair manner men who have what are called “Religious Difficulties ” proceed. Is it to be supposed that an enemy is the proper person to apply to about his foe? Should I, if I wished to get an opinion of Englishmen ask a Fenian? No! yet directly a man has ‘doubts’ he forthwith, instead of asking infor- mation from those whose life is spent in study on Y Seomresooks,.c®