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... 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 INTRODUCTION .
... 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 INTRODUCTION .
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... probable . And if nothing ever happened at variance with probabilities , —if every thing 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 every thing 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 probable , that miracles should be wrought . Therefore , when miracles are related to have been wrought in the promulgating of a revelation mani- festly wanted , and , if true , of inestimable value , the improba ...
... probable , or not very probable , that miracles should be wrought . Therefore , when miracles are related to have been wrought in the promulgating of a revelation mani- festly wanted , and , if true , of inestimable value , the improba ...
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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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