Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... argument is alledged . We do not as- sume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in order to prove the reality of miracles . That reality always must be proved by evidence . We assert only , that in miracles ...
... argument is alledged . We do not as- sume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in order to prove the reality of miracles . That reality always must be proved by evidence . We assert only , that in miracles ...
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... argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the sub- ject , it may be necessary , before we pro- ceed farther , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded : which ...
... argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the sub- ject , it may be necessary , before we pro- ceed farther , to examine the principle upon which it professes to be founded : which ...
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... argument from experience it is said , that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign / effects without causes , or we attribute effects 2 to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to 3d causes of the operation of which we have ...
... argument from experience it is said , that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign / effects without causes , or we attribute effects 2 to causes inadequate to the purpose , or to 3d causes of the operation of which we have ...
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... argument by some examples of this kind . I hope in a proper place to shew that none of them reach the strength or circumstances of the Christian evidence . In these , however , consists the weight of his objection . In the principle ...
... argument by some examples of this kind . I hope in a proper place to shew that none of them reach the strength or circumstances of the Christian evidence . In these , however , consists the weight of his objection . In the principle ...
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... con- sequence of their belief of those accounts . The first of these propositions , as it forms the argument , will stand at the head of the following nine chapters . CHAP . CHAP . I. There is satisfactory evidence that many ,. 16.
... con- sequence of their belief of those accounts . The first of these propositions , as it forms the argument , will stand at the head of the following nine chapters . CHAP . CHAP . I. There is satisfactory evidence that many ,. 16.
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