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... entire fabrication is incalculably greater . And practically , all reasonable men proceed on the maxim of an ancient Greek author , which is repeatedly cited by Aris- totle ; that it is probable that many improbable things 2 INTRODUCTION .
... entire fabrication is incalculably greater . And practically , all reasonable men proceed on the maxim of an ancient Greek author , which is repeatedly cited by Aris- totle ; that it is probable that many improbable things 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... probable . And if nothing ever happened at variance with probabilities , —if everything was sure to turn out conformably to reasonable expectations ( which is just what is always assumed by anti - christian writers ) , then , such a ...
... probable . And if nothing ever happened at variance with probabilities , —if everything was sure to turn out conformably to reasonable expectations ( which is just what is always assumed by anti - christian writers ) , then , such a ...
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... probable , or not very improbable , that a revela- tion should be communicated to mankind at all , in the same degree is it probable , or not very improbable , that miracles should be wrought . Therefore , when miracles are related to ...
... probable , or not very improbable , that a revela- tion should be communicated to mankind at all , in the same degree is it probable , or not very improbable , that miracles should be wrought . Therefore , when miracles are related to ...
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... probable . It is enough that we are able to say concerning them , that they are not so violently improbable , so contradictory to what we already believe of the divine power and character , that either the propositions themselves , or ...
... probable . It is enough that we are able to say concerning them , that they are not so violently improbable , so contradictory to what we already believe of the divine power and character , that either the propositions themselves , or ...
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... probable ? Ought we not rather to expect , that such a Being , upon occasions of peculiar importance , may interrupt the order which He had appointed , yet , that such occasions should return seldom ; that these inter- ruptions ...
... probable ? Ought we not rather to expect , that such a Being , upon occasions of peculiar importance , may interrupt the order which He had appointed , yet , that such occasions should return seldom ; that these inter- ruptions ...
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