Of the direct historical evidence of Christianity, and wherein it is distinguished from the evidence alleged for other miracles |
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... effect will follow universally ; and in proportion as this ex- pectation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experience negatives the history . But to expect concerning a miracle that it should succeed upon repe- tition ...
... effect will follow universally ; and in proportion as this ex- pectation is justly entertained , the want of a corresponding experience negatives the history . But to expect concerning a miracle that it should succeed upon repe- tition ...
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... 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 no experience . Of what causes , we may ask , and of what effects does the objection speak ? If ...
... 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 no experience . Of what causes , we may ask , and of what effects does the objection speak ? If ...
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... case ; if this threat were communicated to them separately , yet with no different effect ; if it was at last executed ; if I my- self saw them , one after another , consent- ing ing to be racked , burnt , or strangled ,. 18.
... case ; if this threat were communicated to them separately , yet with no different effect ; if it was at last executed ; if I my- self saw them , one after another , consent- ing ing to be racked , burnt , or strangled ,. 18.
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... effect to its ornament and magnificence . It abounded in festival shows and solemnities , to which the com- mon people are greatly addicted ; and which were of a nature to engage them much more than any thing of that sort among us ...
... effect to its ornament and magnificence . It abounded in festival shows and solemnities , to which the com- mon people are greatly addicted ; and which were of a nature to engage them much more than any thing of that sort among us ...
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... effect upon remote generations . In forgeries which do not appear till many ages after that to which they pretend to belong , it is possible that some contrivance of that sort may take place ; but in no others can it be attempted . CHAP ...
... effect upon remote generations . In forgeries which do not appear till many ages after that to which they pretend to belong , it is possible that some contrivance of that sort may take place ; but in no others can it be attempted . CHAP ...
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