A View of the Evidences of Christianity in Three Parts and the Horae Paulinae |
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... proofs of the excellent and admirable quali- ties of some highly valued friend — to observe how his character stands in strong contrast to that of ordinary men ; and that while experience is constantly stripping off the fair outside ...
... proofs of the excellent and admirable quali- ties of some highly valued friend — to observe how his character stands in strong contrast to that of ordinary men ; and that while experience is constantly stripping off the fair outside ...
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... proofs , if needed , -of his really being of such a cha- racter . But is the contemplation of such proofs connected in our own mind with the idea of harassing doubt , and anxious contest ? Should it not then be also delightful to a ...
... proofs , if needed , -of his really being of such a cha- racter . But is the contemplation of such proofs connected in our own mind with the idea of harassing doubt , and anxious contest ? Should it not then be also delightful to a ...
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... proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be neces- sary , before we proceed farther , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded : which principle is concisely this , that it is contrary to ...
... proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be neces- sary , before we proceed farther , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded : which principle is concisely this , that it is contrary to ...
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... proof . We have therefore all we seek for in the works of rational agents , a sufficient power and an adequate motive . In a word , once believe that there is a God , and miracles are not incredible . Mr. Hume states the case of ...
... proof . We have therefore all we seek for in the works of rational agents , a sufficient power and an adequate motive . In a word , once believe that there is a God , and miracles are not incredible . Mr. Hume states the case of ...
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... proof , by telling us , that we are not obliged to explain how the story or the evidence arose . Now I think that we are obliged ; not , perhaps , to show by positive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might so ...
... proof , by telling us , that we are not obliged to explain how the story or the evidence arose . Now I think that we are obliged ; not , perhaps , to show by positive accounts how it did , but by a probable hypothesis how it might so ...
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