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... true , or the teftimony false ; and this I think a fair account of the controverfy . But herein I remark a want of argumentative juftice , that , in of in describing the improbability of miracles , he fuppreffes [ 11 ]
... true , or the teftimony false ; and this I think a fair account of the controverfy . But herein I remark a want of argumentative juftice , that , in of in describing the improbability of miracles , he fuppreffes [ 11 ]
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... a fimple cafe ; and , if it produce a false result , he is fure that there must be fome mistake in the demonftration . Now to proceed in this way with what may be called Mr. Hume's " Hume's theorem . If twelve men , whose probity and [ 13 ]
... a fimple cafe ; and , if it produce a false result , he is fure that there must be fome mistake in the demonftration . Now to proceed in this way with what may be called Mr. Hume's " Hume's theorem . If twelve men , whose probity and [ 13 ]
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... false , and all other worship vain . From the facility with which the Polytheism of an- cient nations admitted new objects of wor- ship into the number of their acknowledged divinities , or the patience with which they might entertain ...
... false , and all other worship vain . From the facility with which the Polytheism of an- cient nations admitted new objects of wor- ship into the number of their acknowledged divinities , or the patience with which they might entertain ...
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... - tradicted him if he had , yet hiftorians who lived in the age when the event was known , falsely as well as officiously , ascribed these words to him . 1 3. Thirdly , 3. Thirdly , these books abound with ex- hortations to [ 60 ]
... - tradicted him if he had , yet hiftorians who lived in the age when the event was known , falsely as well as officiously , ascribed these words to him . 1 3. Thirdly , 3. Thirdly , these books abound with ex- hortations to [ 60 ]
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... appear , this fuppofition cannot be main- tained for a moment ; because I think it im- poffible to believe , that paffages , which must 1 Pet . iv . 12 , 13. 19 . • be 1 be deemed not only unintelligible , but false , [ 64 ]
... appear , this fuppofition cannot be main- tained for a moment ; because I think it im- poffible to believe , that paffages , which must 1 Pet . iv . 12 , 13. 19 . • be 1 be deemed not only unintelligible , but false , [ 64 ]
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