A View of the Evidences of Christianity, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1794 - Apologetics |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page 3
... probable or not very improbable that a revelation fhould be com- municated to mankind at all , in the fame de- gree is it probable or not very improbable that miracles should be wrought . Therefore when miracles are related to have been ...
... probable or not very improbable that a revelation fhould be com- municated to mankind at all , in the fame de- gree is it probable or not very improbable that miracles should be wrought . Therefore when miracles are related to have been ...
Page 4
... conveying intelligence of a fu- ture state of rewards and punishments , and teaching mankind how to prepare themselves for that state , is not in itself greater than the event , 8 event , call it either probable or improbable , of [ 4 ]
... conveying intelligence of a fu- ture state of rewards and punishments , and teaching mankind how to prepare themselves for that state , is not in itself greater than the event , 8 event , call it either probable or improbable , of [ 4 ]
Page 5
... probable . It is enough that we are able to fay concerning them , that they are not fo violently improbable , fo contradictory to what we already believe of the Divine power and character , that either the propofitions themselves , or ...
... probable . It is enough that we are able to fay concerning them , that they are not fo violently improbable , fo contradictory to what we already believe of the Divine power and character , that either the propofitions themselves , or ...
Page 10
... probable ? Ought we not rather to expect , that fuch a Being , upon occafions of peculiar importance , may interrupt the order which he had appointed , yet , that fuch occafions should return feldom ; that these interruptions ...
... probable ? Ought we not rather to expect , that fuch a Being , upon occafions of peculiar importance , may interrupt the order which he had appointed , yet , that fuch occafions should return feldom ; that these interruptions ...
Page 11
... probable that the miracle should be true , or the teftimony falfe ; and this I think a fair account of the controverfy . But herein I remark a want of argumentative juftice , that , in in describing the improbability of miracles , he ...
... probable that the miracle should be true , or the teftimony falfe ; and this I think a fair account of the controverfy . But herein I remark a want of argumentative juftice , that , in in describing the improbability of miracles , he ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accounts Acts afcribed affertion againſt alfo alledged allufions alſo amongſt ancient apoftles atteftation authority becauſe biſhop cafe cauſe Celfus Chrift Chriftians church circumftance Clement Clement of Alexandria confequence confiderable death delivered difciples diftinct epiftle eſtabliſhed Eufebius evangelifts exiſtence facred faid fame fatisfactory evidence fays fcriptures fecond fect feem ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould firft firſt fituation fociety fome four Gofpels fpeaks ftate ftill ftory fubject fuch fufferings fuppofe fupport hiftorian hiftory himſelf inftances inftitution Irenæus itſelf Jefus Jerufalem Jews John Judea Juftin Lord Luke Marcion Matthew miracles moft moſt muſt obferve Origen original paffage paffed perfecution perfons Polycarp preached preſent proof propofition publiſhed puniſhment purpoſe queſtion quoted raiſed reaſon refpect refurrection religion ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtory Suetonius Tacitus Tatian Teftament teftimony Tertullian thefe themſelves theſe books theſe things thofe thoſe tians tion tranfaction truth unto uſed whofe whoſe words writings written